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epicrisis.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/
  1. A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.

  2. A quotation followed by a commentary.

    rhetoric
  3. A commentary or annotation of a text.

  4. A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.

    historical
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/
  1. Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.

Where this word comes from

From epi- + crisis.

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