Apical

The adjective apical (from the Latin apex "top" ) may refer to:

• Anatomical in anatomy directed to a peak position or direction, see position and directional terms
• In dentistry, a reference to the root tip, see position and directional terms on the teeth
• In botany a reference to the growing tip of the shoot axis and apical meristem, which is also present in the roots except in the shoot
• In coordination chemistry the outstanding position of a ligand
• In phonetics, a type of phonation, articulation see organ

The noun Apical called:

• One formed with the tongue tip volume, see Apical (linguistics)

See also:

• Apex

• Disambiguation