epicrisis

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/

epicrisis (plural epicrises)

1. A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.
   • 1916, Albion Walter Hewlett, Monographic Medicine:

     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...

   • 1967, Nicholas Bethell, David F. Burg, Cancer Ward‎, translation of original by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, page 469:

     But what if I don't have time to discharge you tomorrow. The epicrisis has to be written, you know.

   • 2011 January 12, Hurriyet Daily news‎, archived from the original on 16 January 2011:

     Haberal’s epicrisis report, which was prepared on Oct. 16, 2009, was sent to the court nearly one year later.

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.

From epi- +‎ crisis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/

epicrisis (plural epicrises)

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

• Merriam-Webster Online

From Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις (epíkrisis).

• IPA^(key): /epiˈkɾisis/
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧cri‧sis

epicrisis f (plural epicrisis)

1. epicrisis

• “epicrisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10