preapical
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
preapical (not comparable)
- Located before an apex.
- Synonym: anteapical
- 1998, Neil F. MacLean, Margot R. Roach, “Thickness, taper, and ellipticity in the aortoiliac bifurcation of patients aged 1 day to 76 years”, in Heart and Vessels, volume 13, number 2, , →PMID, page 95:
- The aortoiliac bifurcations were divided into three regions based on the area changes: an apical region corresponding to the bifurcation apex (taper = 2.96 ± 0.80 mm²/mm), a preapical region (flare = 3.58 ± 0.87 mm²/mm), and the postapical region (flare = 0.82 ± 0.80 mm²/mm).
Noun edit
preapical (plural preapicals)
- Such a structure.