epicritic sensation

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• epicritic — |epə|krid.ik adjective Etymology: Greek epikritikos determinative, from epikritos (verbal of epikrinein) + ikos ic 1. of cutaneous reception : marked by accurate discrimination between small degrees of sensation (as of heat, cold, and pain) 2. of …   Useful english dictionary

• epicritic — That aspect of somatic sensation which permits the discrimination and the topographical localization of the finer degrees of touch and temperature stimuli. Cf.:protopathic. [G. epikritikos, adjudicatory, fr. epi, on, + krino, to separate, judge]… …   Medical dictionary

• epicritic — adjective Etymology: Greek epikritikos determinative, from epikrinein to decide, from epi + krinein to judge more at certain Date: 1905 of, relating to, being, or mediating cutaneous sensory reception marked by accurate discrimination between… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• epicritic — adj. describing or relating to sensory nerve fibres responsible for the fine degrees of sensation, as of temperature and touch. Compare: protopathic …   The new mediacal dictionary

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