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apicodental

apicodental adjective: made with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop.

Adjective

apicodental (not comparable)

  1. Made with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop.

Noun

apicodental (plural apicodentals)

  1. A apicodental sound.

Forms of apicodental

pluralapicodentals

Origin of apicodental

From apico- + dental.

Words that rhyme with apicodental

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Questions about apicodental

What does apicodental mean?
Apicodental means made with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop.
What part of speech is apicodental?
Apicodental can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near apicodental in the dictionary

  1. apicobasolateral
  2. apicocardiac
  3. apicocomplexan
  4. apicocoronal
  5. apicocoronally
  6. apicodental
  7. apicodentals
  8. apicodistal
  9. apicodistally
  10. apicodorsal
  11. apicoectomies

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