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epi·critic (ep′i kritik)

adjective

designating or of the nerve fibers in the skin that transmit the finer sensations of touch and temperature

Etymology: Gr epikritikos, determinative < epikrisis, judgment < epikrinein, to judge < epi-, upon + krinein, to judge: see crisis

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