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epicritic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ep′i krit′ik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ep•i•crit•ic  (ep′i krit′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Physiol.]
  1. Physiologynoting or pertaining to a discriminating responsiveness to small variations in pain or temperature stimuli (opposed to protopathic).
  • Greek epikrítikos determinative. See epicrisis1, -tic
  • 1900–05

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