apex
(ā′peks″)

(ā′pĭ-sēz″)
pl. apexes pl. apices [L. apex, tip]
The pointed extremity of a conical structure.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Apex." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762173/0/apex.
Apex. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762173/0/apex. Accessed April 5, 2025.
Apex. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762173/0/apex
Apex [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762173/0/apex.
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