— hexaemeric , adj.
/hek'seuh em"euh ron'/ , n.
1. the six days of the Creation.
2. a written account of them, esp. the Biblical account. Gen. 1.
3. a treatise on them.
Also, hexahemeron, hexameron .
[ 1585-95; hexaémeron period of six days, neut. of hexaémeros of six days (adj.), equiv. to hexa- HEXA- + ( h ) emér ( a ) day + -os n. suffix ]