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epicrisis en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.
   • Haberal’s epicrisis report, which was prepared on Oct. 16, 2009, was sent to the court nearly one year later. 2011 January 12, Hurriyet Daily news, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2011:
   • 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... 1916, Albion Walter Hewlett, Monographic Medicine:
   • But what if I don't have time to discharge you tomorrow. The epicrisis has to be written, you know. 1967, Nicholas Bethell, David F. Burg, Cancer Ward, translation of original by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, page 469:
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.

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Translations (9)

fi epikriisi (critical or analytical summing-up) · kmr epîkrîz (critical or analytical summing-up) · tr epikriz (critical or analytical summing-up) · ru эпикри́з (critical or analytical summing-up) · pl epikryza (critical or analytical summing-up) · pt epícrise (critical or analytical summing-up) · de Epikrise (critical or analytical summing-up) · uk епікри́з (critical or analytical summing-up) · no epikrise (critical or analytical summing-up)

epicrisis en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/

Etymology

From epi- + crisis.

Meanings

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

Forms