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Definition of: epicritic
(ep′ə·krit′ik) adjective Physiol.
Of or pertaining to nerve fibers in the skin which are responsive to very delicate variations in touch and temperature stimuli: opposed to protopathic. [<Gk. epikritikos <epikrisis. See EPICRISIS1.]
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