Epicrisis

Quick meaning: Epicrisis is a noun meaning A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (rhetoric) A quotation followed by a commentary.
2. A commentary or annotation of a text.
3. Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.
4. (historical) A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.

Example Sentences

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• epicrises

Related Words

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