Adaxial Definition

ăd-ăksē-əl
adjective
Designating or on the side toward the axis or stem.
Webster's New World
Located on the side nearest to the axis of an organ or organism.
American Heritage Medicine
Of or relating to the side or surface facing or nearest to the axis of an organ, such as the upper surface of a leaf; ventral.
American Heritage Medicine

(botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.

Wiktionary
(developmental biology) Adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
In zebrafish, the adaxial cells are precursors to the embryonic slow muscle fibers.
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Origin of Adaxial

  • Latin ad (“towards”); axis axis

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