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noun
A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.
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noun
A quotation followed by a commentary.
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Usage: rhetoric
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noun
A commentary or annotation of a text.
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noun
A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.
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History
From Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις (epíkrisis, “determination, decision; judgment, award”).
From epi- + crisis.
Across languages
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