epicrisis

¹

[ih-pik-ruh-sis]

noun

1. a critical study or evaluation.

epicrisis

²

[ep-i-krahy-sis, ep-ee-]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis.

epicrisis

/ ˈɛpɪˌkraɪsɪs /

noun

1. pathol a secondary crisis occurring in the course of a disease

Word History and Origins

Origin of epicrisis¹

< Greek epikrísis a judgment (Compare epikrī́nein to judge, equivalent to epi- epi- + krī́nein to judge); crisis

Origin of epicrisis²

epi- + crisis

Word History and Origins

Origin of epicrisis¹

C20: from _epi- + _crisis

Example Sentences

I have received from a friend Professor Siegesbeck's Verioris Botanosophiæ Specimen, with his Epicrisis on my writings.

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Fries admits them as distinct species in the new edition of his “Epicrisis.”

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