epicritic

[ ep-i-krit-ik ]

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

Origin of epicritic

1
First recorded in 1900–05, epicritic is from the Greek word epikrítikos determinative. See epicrisis1, -tic

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How to use epicritic in a sentence

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

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • The areas of epicritic and of protopathic insensibility are illustrated in Fig. 91.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for epicritic

epicritic

/ (ˌɛpɪˈkrɪtɪk) /


adjective
  1. (of certain nerve fibres of the skin) serving to perceive and distinguish fine variations of temperature or touch

Origin of epicritic

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C20: from Greek epikritikos decisive, from epikrinein to decide, from epi- + krinein to judge

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