| axiomesiogingival | Referring to the point angle formed by an axial, mesial, and gingival (cervical) wall of a tooth cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| axiomesioincisal | Referring to the point angle formed by the junction of an axial, mesial, and incisal wall of a tooth cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axion | The brain and spinal cord (cerebrospinal axis). (05 Mar 2000) |
| axioplasm | <cell biology> The cytoplasm of a neuron. (12 Mar 1998) |
| axiopodium | A permanent pseudopodium containing a stiff axial filament of differentiated protoplasm. Synonym: axiopodium. Origin: Mod. L., fr. L. Axis + G. Podion, dim. Of pous (pod-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| axiopulpal | Referring to the line angle formed by the junction of an axial and pulpal wall of a tooth cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axioversion | Abnormal inclination of the long axis of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axipetal | Synonym: centripetal. Origin: L. Axis + peto, to seek (05 Mar 2000) |
| axiramificate | Denoting a nerve cell whose axon, usually short, breaks up into many branches, e.g., Golgi's type II cells. Origin: G. Axon, axis + grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis | <botany> A stem, commonly used for the main stem of a whole plant or of an inflorescence. (09 Oct 1997) |
| axis bulbi externus | That part of the optic axis from the midpoint of anterior surface of the cornea to the posterior surface of the posterior pole of the external surface of the sclera. Synonym: axis bulbi externus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis bulbi internus | <anatomy> That part of the optic axis from the midpoint of the posterior surface of the cornea to the anterior surface of the retina opposite the posterior pole. Synonym: axis bulbi internus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis corpuscle | Axile corpuscle, the central portion of a tactile corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis cylinder | An obsolete term for axon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axis deviation | Deflection of the electrical axis of the heart to the right or left of the normal. See: left axis deviation, right axis deviation, axis. Synonym: axis shift. (05 Mar 2000) |