Definitions for epicritic

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epicritic ep·i·crit·ic

Spelling: [ep-i-krit-ik]

IPA: /ˌɛp ɪˈkrɪt ɪk/

Epicritic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in epicritic (cceiiiprt).

Definitions for epicritic

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to a discriminating responsiveness to small variations in pain or temperature stimuli (opposed to protopathic).

Origin of epicritic

First recorded in 1900-05, epicritic is from the Greek word epikrítikos determinative. See epicrisis¹, -tic

Examples for epicritic

The areas of epicritic and of protopathic insensibility are illustrated in Fig. 91.

Protopathic and epicritic sensibility are lost over the radial side of the forearm.