EPICRISIS

Etymology 1

Noun

epicrisis (plural epicrises)

A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.

(rhetoric) A quotation followed by a commentary.

A commentary or annotation of a text.

(historical) A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.

Etymology 2

Noun

epicrisis (plural epicrises)

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

Source: Wiktionary



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BRIGHT

(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”


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