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Epaxial vs Paraxial - What's the difference?

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Paraxial is a related term of epaxial.



As adjectives the difference between epaxial and paraxial

is that epaxial is located above and behind an axis while paraxial is lateral to the neural tube.

epaxial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Located above and behind an axis

    • paraxial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (embryology) Lateral to the neural tube
    • paraxial mesoderm
  • (physics) Near an optical axis
    • paraxial radiation
  • (mathematics) Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system
    • paraxial rectangle

    Derived terms

    *paraxially

    Related terms

    *epaxial *hypaxial