epicrisis /ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/noun 4/ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/ noun 1forms 1 noun4 •A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.But what if I don't have time to discharge you tomorrow. The epicrisis has to be written, you know. — 1967 •A commentary or annotation of a text. •(rhetoric) A quotation followed by a commentary. •(historical) A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax. epicrisis /ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/ noun1 •Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease. formsepicrises