epicrisis
Meanings
noun
- A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.
- A quotation followed by a commentary.
- A commentary or annotation of a text.
- A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.
noun
- Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις (epíkrisis, “determination, decision; judgment, award”).
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