zonifugal

English

Adjective

zonifugal (comparative more zonifugal, superlative most zonifugal)

1. (medicine) Proceeding out of a zone or region from inside that zone or region, as with an examination beginning in a body part affected by a drug or disease and moving from there to a normal body part.
   • 1908, Archibald Church, Diseases of the Nervous System, page 1065:

     In the latter case, the zonifugal test, we start from the anesthetic region and the patient is asked to state when the tactile sense becomes apparent.