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‖ paracme|pəˈrækmiː|
[a. Gr. παρακµή the point at which the prime or strength is past, f. παρα- past, beyond + ἀκµή culmination, acme.]
A point or period at which the prime or highest vigour is past; the point when the crisis of a fever is past. So paracˈmastic, † paracˈmastical a. [Gr. παρακµαστικός, F. paracmastique, 15th c.], past the culmination or crisis.
1656Blount Glossogr., Paracmastical, pertaining to a..feaver, wherein the heat, when it is at the greatest, by little and little diminisheth till it ceaseth. 1706Phillips, Paracme, the declining of a Distemper, when its Rage is abated, and the Patient judg'd beyond Danger. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Paracme, that part of life, in which a person is said to grow old, and which, according to Galen, is from 35 to 49. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Paracmastic, past the prime or the time of vigour; past the crisis. Paracme, the point at which the prime is past; the commencement of old age;..the period in a fever after the occurrence of the crisis. |