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'''Apical''', from the Latin ''apex'' (plural ''apices'') meaning to be at the apex or tip, may refer to:
*[[Apical consonant]], a consonant produced with the tip of the tongue
*[[Apical dominance]]
*[[Apical membrane]], a cell biology term
*Apical pulse, the [[heart rate]] when measured with a stethoscope placed over the heart
*The [[Commonly used terms of relationship and comparison in dentistry|apical]] direction, in reference to a tooth.
*The [[Apical (chemistry)|apical]] position in certain molecular geometries in chemistry.
*The apical whorls of the shells of [[gastropod]]s or [[snail]]s are the [[whorl]]s at the tip of the [[spire (mollusc)|spire]], near the [[apex]].
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