epicrisis

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/ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs//ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/

noun

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

Scrabble 13

Meanings

epicrisis1

nounepicrisis (plural epicrises)

plural epicrises

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

    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
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    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

    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
  2. rhetoricA quotation followed by a commentary.
  3. A commentary or annotation of a text.
  4. historicalA Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.

epicrisis2

nounepicrisis (plural epicrises)

plural epicrises

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

Origin

epicrisis · noun

  1. Ancient Greekἐπίκρισις“determination, decision; judgment, award”
  2. Englishepicrisis

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

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Translations

Finnish epikriisi
  • epikriisicritical or analytical summing-up
German Epikrise
  • Epikrisecritical or analytical summing-up
Norwegian epikrise
  • epikrisecritical or analytical summing-up
Polish epikryza
  • epikryzacritical or analytical summing-up
Portuguese epícrise
  • epícrisecritical or analytical summing-up
Russian эпикри́з
  • эпикри́з (epikríz)critical or analytical summing-up
Turkish epikriz
  • epikrizcritical or analytical summing-up
Ukrainian епікри́з
  • епікри́з (epikrýz)critical or analytical summing-up
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APA

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MLA

“epicrisis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epicrisis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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