apico-

Prefix

apico-

1. Having a shape that has a tip, point, or apex; apical, pointy.
   • e.g. apicoplast, apicophilicity, Homophoberia apicosa
2. The side of a body part (or organism) that is further away from the substrate it is attached to.
   • e.g. apicocardiac, apicolateral, apicomedial
   • 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

   Antonyms:

   baso-

3. Articulated with the tip of the tongue.
   • e.g. apicoalveolar, apicodental, apicopalatal
   • We present two studies of native and non-native (English) perception of the acoustically and articulatorily similar four-way coronal stop contrast /t ʈ ȶ/ (apico-alveolar, apico-retroflex, lamino-dental, lamino-alveopalatal) of Wubuy, an indigenous language of Australia.2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
4. Related to the root of a tooth.
   • e.g. apicocoronal, apicoectomy