paracme
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek παρακμή (parakmḗ), corresponding to para- + acme.
Noun edit
paracme (plural paracmes)
- A point beyond the highest or greatest.
- (medicine) A point after the crisis of a fever is past.
- (biology) The decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development.
References edit
- OED 2nd edition 1989