abapical

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-bor.

English ab-

English apical

English abapical

From ab- + apical.

abapical (not comparable)

(biology) Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point; designating the part opposite to the apex. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]^[2]
- 1946—Cushman, Joseph A. (1946). Upper Cretaceous Framinifera of the Gulf Coastal Region of the United States and Adjacent Areas. Professional Paper 206. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. p. 70 – via Google Books.
  The deck, which is not far below the aperture, has a narrow indentation on the abapical side and a wider indentation on the adapical side.
- 1973—Henderson, R A (March 1973). "Clarence and Raukumara Series (Albian—?Santonian) Ammonoidea from New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3 (1): 86. Retrieved 3 February 2016 – via Google Books.
  The two abapical rows of tubercles of available specimens show a complete range of variation from completely separated to almost completely coalesced.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abapical”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
^ Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th edition, via Google Books.