[1840–50; sub- + apical]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, colloid, flan, organizer, warmupsub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)
Examples of 'subapical' in a sentence
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Both species have tepals with late-developing subapical appendages.
Paula J. Rudall, Marccus Alves, Maria das Graças Sajo 2016, 'Inside-out flowers of Lacandonia brasiliana (Triuridaceae) provide new insights intofundamental aspects of floral patterning', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/1653.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Actin did not display analogous variations, remaining highly concentrated at the cell subapical territory.
Arruti Cristina, Zolessi Flavio R 2001, 'Apical accumulation of MARCKS in neural plate cells during neurulation in the chickembryo', BMC Developmental Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/1/7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three scenarios were set, first with no subapical corticotomy, second with buccal, and third with both buccal and palatal corticotomies.
Cemile Uysal, Burcu Baloş Tuncer, Cumhur Tuncer 2019, 'Maxillary posterior intrusion with corticotomy-assisted approaches with zygomaticanchorage—a finite element stress analysis', Progress in Orthodonticshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40510-019-0262-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results indicated that the subapical part of the tuber was the initial site of curvature in response to gravistimulation.
Michio Kawasaki, Saki Kanehira, Mohammad Nazrul Islam 2014, 'Effects of the Direction of Gravistimulation on Tuber Formation and Amyloplast Distributionin Tuber Tips of Chinese Yam', Plant Production Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.17.298. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The only difference noted among the holotype and the new material concerns the development of the subapicalkeel.
Rogério Bertani, Roberto Hiroaki Nagahama, Caroline Sayuri Fukushima 2012, 'Vitalius nondescriptus comb. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae): an exampleof theraphosid taxonomic chaos', Zoologia (Curitiba)http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702012000500011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)