Usually means: Sensitive to fine touch, temperature.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. epicritic: Merriam-Webster
  2. epicritic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epicritic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. epicritic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. epicritic: Wiktionary
  6. epicritic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. epicritic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. epicritic: Dictionary.com
  9. Epicritic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. epicritic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. epicritic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Epicritic: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. epicritic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epicritic)

▸ adjective:  Of or relating to a class of neurons that detect gentle touches and light vibrations.

Similar:
epicletic, haptic, epicardial, epikletic, electrosensory, epicardiac, tactile, epicarial, epicuticular, tactual, more...

Opposite:
protopathic, crude, non-discriminative

Phrases:
epicritic sensibility, more...

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Similar:
epicletic, haptic, epicardial, epikletic, electrosensory, epicardiac, tactile, epicarial, epicuticular, tactual, more...

Opposite:
protopathic, crude, non-discriminative

Phrases:
epicritic sensibility, more...



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