In biology, located away from the apex or tip of a structure.
From Latin ab- (away) + apical (relating to the apex). Apical comes from apex (Latin for 'peak' or 'tip').
This technical term lets biologists be precise: 'apical' means the tip of your tooth or root, while 'abapical' means further down—exactness matters in anatomy!
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