apices

Noun

apex (plural apices or apexes)

1. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
   • the apex of the building

   Synonyms:

   peak, top, summit, vertex

   1. The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
   2. The lowest part of the human heart.
      • B.P. 118/68. Grade I diastolic murmur best heard over apex. Patient well and had no complaints referable to heart. Origin of the diastolic murmur is open to conjecture.1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3...
   3. The deepest part of a tooth's root.
   4. The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
   5. The growing point of a shoot.

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