2. Noun. (medicine) A point after the crisis of a fever is past. ¹
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Definition of Paracme
1. a stage of decline [n -S]
Medical Definition of Paracme
1. 1. The stage of subsidence of a fever. 2. The period of life beyond the prime; the decline or stage of involution of an organism. Synonym: paracmasis. Origin: G. The point at which the prime is past; fr. Para, beyond, + akme, highest point, prime (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Paracme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"All three of these terms were first proposed by Haeckel, who used them largely
in a physiological or dynamical The paracme is the decline, and this takes ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... apparent than they are often between the purely retrogressive forms in the
paracme of larger series, but that they belong to the same class is evident. ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"The mingling of the progressive and retrogressive tendencies in the development
of such forms as occur at the termini or paracme of small series, ..."
4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1898)
"... acme, and paracme—and the zone is supposed to be the deposit formed during
the acme. Practically, however, it is seldom possible to trace these three ..."
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