Centripetal /(?)/

Cen·trip·e·tal

Centripetal

a.
  1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.
  2. Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit. (Bot.)
  3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.

Phrases & Compounds
Centripetal force
a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal.
Centripetal impression
an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.