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Webster 1913 Edition
Paraxial
Par-ax′i-al
,Adj.
[Pref.
para-
+ axial
.] (Anat.)
On either side of the axis of the skeleton.
Definition 2024
paraxial
paraxial
English
Adjective
paraxial (not comparable)
- (embryology) Lateral to the neural tube
- paraxial mesoderm
- (physics) Near an optical axis
- paraxial radiation
- (mathematics) Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system
- paraxial rectangle