Medical Definition of Dromic
1. Synonym: orthodromic. Origin: G. Dromos, a running, race-course (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dromic
Literary usage of Dromic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"[WFG] dromic. In the Oriental Church churches of the basilican form, ...
Existing examples of dromic churches in the East are those of St. Demetrius at ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1875)
"[WFG] dromic. In the Oriental Church churches of the basilican form, ie
parallelograms, with the length considerably exceeding the breadth, and terminating ..."
3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Existing examples of dromic churches in the East are those of St. De- in.tnu* at
Thessalonica (Tester, ..."
4. Functions of a Complex Variable by Edgar Jerome Townsend (1915)
"Hence it can be shown by the same method as that employed in the discussion of
parabolic motion that a loxo- dromic motion about any two fixed points of the ..."
5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1866)
"... and with characteristics of all periods, from the third to the sixth century,
some dromic, others octagonal, some that have had wooden roofs, ..."