epicritic — EPICRÍTIC, Ă adj. (despre sensibilitatea tactilă) capabil să opereze discriminări fine, să reproducă proprietăţile stimulului. (< fr. épicritique) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
epicritic — [ep΄i krit′ik] adj. [Gr epikritikos, determinative < epikrisis, judgment < epikrinein, to judge < epi , upon + krinein, to judge: see CRISIS] designating or of the nerve fibers in the skin that transmit the finer sensations of touch and… … English World dictionary
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 — 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 — /ep i krit ik/, adj. Physiol. noting or pertaining to a discriminating responsiveness to small variations in pain or temperature stimuli (opposed to protopathic). [1900 05; < Gk epikrítikos determinative. See EPICRISIS1, TIC] * * * … Universalium
epicritic — adj. of critical research, of critical evaluation … English contemporary dictionary
epicritic — ep·i·crit·ic … English syllables
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
epicritic — ep•i•crit•ic [[t]ˌɛp ɪˈkrɪt ɪk[/t]] adj. phl of or pertaining to neurons that are responsive to fine variations in touch or temperature • Etymology: 1900–05; < Gk epikrítikos determinative =epikri , var. s. of epikrinein to judge … From formal English to slang
epicritic — /ɛpiˈkrɪtɪk/ (say epee kritik) adjective relating to cutaneous nerve fibres perceiving fine sensational variations, or to such perception (opposed to protopathic). {Greek epikritikos determining} …
