Medical term:
acropetal
ac·rop·e·tal
(ă-krop'ĕ-tăl),1. In a direction toward the summit.
2. Produced successively toward the apex, with the youngest conidium formed at the tip and the oldest at the base of a chain of conidia; pertaining to asexual spore production in fungi by successive budding of the distal spore in a spore chain.
[acro- + L. peto, to seek]
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ac·rop·e·tal
(ă-krop'ĕ-tăl)Developing from the base toward the apex.
[acro- + L. peto, to seek]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
acropetal
- (of plant structures, e.g. leaves and flowers) produced one after another from the base of the stem to the apex.
- (of substances, e.g. water) moving from the base of a plant to the apex.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
ac·rop·e·tal
(ă-krop'ĕ-tăl)In a direction toward the summit.
[acro- + L. peto, to seek]
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