apico-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: apic-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from apex.
Senses: examples: e.g. apicoplast, apicophilicity, Homophoberia apicosa
glosses: Having a shape that has a tip, point, or apex; apical, pointy.
examples: e.g. apicocardiac, apicolateral, apicomedial
usage note: For organisms that are attached to a substrate (e.g. sponges, protists), the side attached to the substrate is referred to as the basal end, and the end furthest from attachment is referred to as apical
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
antonyms: baso-
glosses: The side of a body part (or organism) that is further away from the substrate it is attached to.
examples: text: e.g. apicoalveolar, apicodental, apicopalatal
text: We present two studies of native and non-native (English) perception of the acoustically and articulatorily similar four-way coronal stop contrast /t ʈ ȶ/ (apico-alveolar, apico-retroflex, lamino-dental, lamino-alveopalatal) of Wubuy, an indigenous language of Australia.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Articulated with the tip of the tongue.
examples: e.g. apicocoronal, apicoectomy
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Related to the root of a tooth.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from “pointed”
word: Apicomplexa
sense: terms derived from “pointed”
word: Apiconoma
sense: terms derived from “pointed”
word: apicophilicity
sense: terms derived from “pointed”
word: apicoplast
sense: terms derived from “pointed”
word: Homophoberia apicosa
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: Aedes apicoargenteus
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicobasal
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicobasolateral
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicocardiac
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicodistal
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicodorsal
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicolateral
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicolaterally
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicomedial
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicoplastic
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicoposterior
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicoseptal
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicoseptum
sense: terms derived from “further from attachment point”
word: apicoventral
sense: terms derived from “tip of tongue”
word: apicoalveolar
sense: terms derived from “tip of tongue”
word: apicodental
sense: terms derived from “tip of tongue”
word: apicolabial
sense: terms derived from “tip of tongue”
word: apicolingual
sense: terms derived from “tip of tongue”
word: apicopalatal
sense: terms derived from “tip of tongue”
word: apicopostalveolar
sense: terms derived from “tip of tongue”
word: apicoprepalatal
sense: terms derived from “root of a tooth”
word: apicocoronal
sense: terms derived from “root of a tooth”
word: apicoectomy
Related terms: dorso-
lamino-
radico-