Medical Definition of Paracentrical

1. Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. Paracentric curve, a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; called also a paracentric. Paracentric motton or velocity, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction. Origin: Pref. Para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. Paracentrique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paracentrical

paracelsian
paracelsian method
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
paracenesthesia
paracentesis
paracentesis
paracentetic
paracentral
paracentral artery
paracentral fissure
paracentral lobule
paracentral nucleus of thalamus
paracentral scotoma
paracentral scotoma
paracentrical (current term)
paracentric inversion
paracervical
paracervical block
paracervical block anaesthesia
paracervix
paracetaldehyde
paracetamol
Paracheirodon
Paracheirodon axelrodi
parachlorophenol
paracholera
parachor
parachordal
parachordal cartilage

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