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Meaning of epicrisis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/

Definitions

  1. A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.
  2. Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.
  3. A quotation followed by a commentary.
    rhetoric
  4. A commentary or annotation of a text.
  5. A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.
    historical

Equivalents

Deutsch Epikrise
Suomi epikriisi
Polski epikryza
Português epícrise
Русский эпикри́з
Türkçe epikriz

Examples

“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...”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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