zonifugal

comparative more zonifugal · superlative most zonifugal

1. medicineProceeding 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.

   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.

   1908, Archibald Church, Diseases of the Nervous System, page 1065