noun
Meaning 1
A point beyond the highest or greatest.
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noun
A point beyond the highest or greatest.
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noun
A point after the crisis of a fever is past.
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
The decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
From Ancient Greek παρακμή (parakmḗ), corresponding to para- + acme.