"apico-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from apex. Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} apico-, {{en-prefix}} apico-
  1. Having a shape that has a tip, point, or apex; apical, pointy. Tags: morpheme Translations (apex): apico- (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apico--en-prefix-Y5RGp4Zs Disambiguation of 'apex': 100 0 0 0
  2. (anatomy) The side of a body part (or organism) that is futher away from the substrate it is attached to. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-apico--en-prefix-Jpxvt3XQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 50 14 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 60 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 12 65 12 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 65 14 10 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (linguistics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (articulated with the tip of the tongue): apico- (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apico--en-prefix-CppNIbU8 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'articulated with the tip of the tongue': 4 2 93 1
  4. (dentistry) Related to the root of a tooth. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Dentistry Translations (related to the root of a tooth): apico- (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apico--en-prefix-3M8EDgwA Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'related to the root of a tooth': 1 1 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apic- [before-vowel] Related terms: dorso-, lamino-, radico-

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoplast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Apicomplexa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Apiconoma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Apicophilicity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Homophoberia apicosa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicobasolateral"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicobasal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicocardiac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicodistal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicodorsal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicolateral"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicolaterally"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicomedial"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoplastic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoposterior"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoseptal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoseptum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoventral"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Aedes apicoargenteus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoalveolar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicodental"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicolabial"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicolingual"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicopalatal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicopostalveolar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoprepalatal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicocoronal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "apicoectomy"
    }
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lamino-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "radico-"
    }
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          "text": "e.g. apicoplast, Apicophilicity, Homophoberia apicosa"
        }
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      ],
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          "apical"
        ],
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          "pointy",
          "pointy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "apex",
          "word": "apico-"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "baso-"
        }
      ],
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
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        },
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 60 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 65 12 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 65 14 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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          "text": "e.g. apicocardiac, apicolateral, apicomedial"
        },
        {
          "text": "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"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) The side of a body part (or organism) that is futher away from the substrate it is attached to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. apicoalveolar, apicodental, apicopalatal"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Articulated with the tip of the tongue."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ]
      ],
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        "(linguistics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "articulated with the tip of the tongue",
          "word": "apico-"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Dentistry",
          "orig": "en:Dentistry",
          "parents": [
            "Medicine",
            "Teeth",
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Mouth",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
            "Face",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Head and neck",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body parts",
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. apicocoronal, apicoectomy"
        }
      ],
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        "Related to the root of a tooth."
      ],
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        [
          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dentistry) Related to the root of a tooth."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ],
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        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "related to the root of a tooth",
          "word": "apico-"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "before-vowel"
      ],
      "word": "apic-"
    }
  ],
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    "classical compound",
    "international scientific vocabulary"
  ],
  "word": "apico-"
}
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    "English prefixes",
    "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "apicoplast"
    },
    {
      "word": "Apicomplexa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Apiconoma"
    },
    {
      "word": "Apicophilicity"
    },
    {
      "word": "Homophoberia apicosa"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicobasolateral"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicobasal"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicocardiac"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicodistal"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicodorsal"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicolateral"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicolaterally"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicomedial"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoplastic"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoposterior"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoseptal"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoseptum"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoventral"
    },
    {
      "word": "Aedes apicoargenteus"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoalveolar"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicodental"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicolabial"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicolingual"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicopalatal"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicopostalveolar"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoprepalatal"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicocoronal"
    },
    {
      "word": "apicoectomy"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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    },
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    {
      "word": "dorso-"
    },
    {
      "word": "lamino-"
    },
    {
      "word": "radico-"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "e.g. apicoplast, Apicophilicity, Homophoberia apicosa"
        }
      ],
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        "Having a shape that has a tip, point, or apex; apical, pointy."
      ],
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          "apical",
          "apical"
        ],
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          "pointy",
          "pointy"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "baso-"
        }
      ],
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        "en:Anatomy"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "e.g. apicocardiac, apicolateral, apicomedial"
        },
        {
          "text": "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The side of a body part (or organism) that is futher away from the substrate it is attached to."
      ],
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) The side of a body part (or organism) that is futher away from the substrate it is attached to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. apicoalveolar, apicodental, apicopalatal"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Articulated with the tip of the tongue."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) Articulated with the tip of the tongue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Dentistry"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "e.g. apicocoronal, apicoectomy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Related to the root of a tooth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dentistry",
          "dentistry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dentistry) Related to the root of a tooth."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ],
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        "dentistry",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "before-vowel"
      ],
      "word": "apic-"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "apex",
      "word": "apico-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "articulated with the tip of the tongue",
      "word": "apico-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "related to the root of a tooth",
      "word": "apico-"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "classical compound",
    "international scientific vocabulary"
  ],
  "word": "apico-"
}

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