Epicrisis
//ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.
- 3 A quotation followed by a commentary. rhetoric
- 4 A commentary or annotation of a text.
- 5 A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax. historical
Example
More examples"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..."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις (epíkrisis, “determination, decision; judgment, award”).
Etymology 2
From epi- + crisis.
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