| apicitis | Inflammation of the apex of a structure or organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| apico- | An apex; apical Origin: L. Apex, apicis a summit or a tip + -o- (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicoectomy | Excision of the apical portion of a tooth through an opening made in the overlying labial, buccal, or palatal alveolar bone. (12 Dec 1998) |
| apicolocator | A device for locating the root apex of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicolysis | Surgical collapse of the upper portion of the lung by the operative detachment of the parietal pleura allowing a medial displacement of the pulmonary apex. Origin: apico-+ G. Lysis, destruction (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicomplexa | A phylum of protozoa characterised by the presence of complex apical organelles generally consisting of a conoid that aids in penetrating host cells, rhoptries that possibly secrete a proteolytic enzyme, and subpellicular microtubules that may be related to motility. The phylum comprises two classes: perkinsea and sporozoea. (12 Dec 1998) |
| apicoposterior artery | <anatomy, artery> A pulmonary artery branch to the apicoposterior segment of the upper lobe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicoposterior branch of left superior pulmonary vein | <anatomy, vein> Drains apicoposterior bronchopulmonary segment of superior lobe of left lung. Synonym: ramus apicoposterior venae pulmonalis sinistrae superioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicoposterior segment | Apicoposterior segment of superior lobe of left lung, composed of two segments and wedged between the anterior segment of the upper lobe and the oblique fissure. Synonym: segmentum apicoposterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicostome | The trocar and cannula used in apicostomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicostomy | An operation in which the labial or buccal alveolar plate is perforated with a trocar and cannula; done to reach the root apex and to take bacterial cultures from this area. Origin: apico-+ G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| apicotomy | Incision into an apical structure. Synonym: apiceotomy. Origin: apico-+ G. Tome, a cutting (05 Mar 2000) |
| apiculate | Terminating in a short, sharp, flexible point. (09 Oct 1997) |
| apiculated | <botany> Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf. See: Apicular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| apiculum | A short, abrupt, flexible point, adj. Apiculate. (09 Oct 1997) |