ECCENTRIC

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 30

adj. E2k-se2nt'ri2k. Gr.. eKKtvrpos (from tic, away from, and Ktvrpov, a centre). Lat., eccentric us. Fr., excentrique. Ger., ekcentrisch. It., eccentrico. Sp., excentrico. 1. Situated away from the centre, peripheral; in pathology, due to peripheral rather than centric causes (said of nervous phenomena). 2. See CENTRIFUGAL. 3. Odd in behavior, but not insane. [s. 645]