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epicrisis

1 American  
[ih-pik-ruh-sis] / ɪˈpɪk rə sɪs /

noun

  1. a critical study or evaluation.

epicrisis 2 American  
[ep-i-krahy-sis, ep-ee-] / ˈɛp ɪˌkraɪ sɪs, ˈɛp i- /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

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

epicrisis British  
/ ˈɛpɪˌkraɪsɪs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of epicrisis1

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

Origin of epicrisis2

epi- + crisis

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