paracme

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρακμή (parakmḗ), corresponding to para- + acme.

Noun

paracme (plural paracmes)

1. A point beyond the highest or greatest.
2. (medicine) A point after the crisis of a fever is past.
3. (biology) The decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “paracme”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.