diadexisn.
Etymology: < Greek διάδεξις, noun of action < διαδέχεσθαι to relieve one another, succeed.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diaˈdexis.
Medicine.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1811 in R. Hooper (new ed.)
1847 in J. Craig
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).