abapical
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abapical — Opuesto al ápex. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
abapical — adj. [L. ab, from; apex, top] 1. Pertains to the opposite of apical and thus the lower pole of spherical organisms. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) Away from the shell apex toward base along axis or slightly oblique to it … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
abapical — ab·ap·i·cal (ăb ăpʹĭ kəl, āʹpĭ ) adj. Being opposite to or directed away from the apex. * * * … Universalium
abapical — adjective Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point. Ant: apical … Wiktionary
abapical — a. at lowest point … Dictionary of difficult words
abapical — … Useful english dictionary
anterior — adj. [L. ante, before] 1. Before or toward the front. 2. Pertaining to the direction in which the head tends to point when an animal is active. 3. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) In a crawling gastropod, pertaining to the head being closest to that part… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
lower — adj. [ON. lagr, low] (MOLLUSCA) The abapical part of the shell … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
outer face — (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) In a shell whorl, the surface between the shoulder and the abapical suture or margin of base; same as side of whorl … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
side — n. [A.S. side, side] (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) The surface of a shell, when present, between the shoulder and abapical suture or margin of the base … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
