epicritic

ep i crit ic |ˌepiˈkritik ˌɛpəˈkrɪdɪk | ▶adjective Physiology relating to or denoting those sensory nerve fibers of the skin that are capable of fine discrimination of touch or temperature stimuli. Often contrasted with protopathic. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from Greek epikritikos ‘giving judgment over, ’ from epi ‘upon or over ’ + krinein ‘to judge. ’

epicritic

epicritic |ˌɛpɪˈkrɪtɪk | ▶adjective Physiology relating to or denoting those sensory nerve fibres of the skin which are capable of fine discrimination of touch or temperature stimuli. Often contrasted with protopathic. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from Greek epikritikos ‘giving judgement over ’, from epi ‘upon or over ’ + krinein ‘to judge ’.