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epicrisis¹

  • /ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις (epíkrisis, “determination, decision; judgment, award”).

noun epicrises

  1. A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history. It would be well if every practitioner would go over his list of patients from time to time and attempt an epicrisis in each one. He will often be surprised at what he finds, and his clinical judgment should be greatly improved...
  2. rhetoric A quotation followed by a commentary.
  3. A commentary or annotation of a text.
  4. historical A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.

epicrisis²

  • /ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/

Where it comes from

From epi- + crisis.

noun epicrises

  1. Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.

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noun critical or analytical summing-up

Portuguêsepícrise
DeutschEpikrise
Русскийэпикри́з epikríz

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@misc{epicrisis_2026,
  title = {epicrisis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epicrisis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}