acrisia

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

a- +‎ crisis +‎ -ia

Noun[edit]

acrisia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, dated) The absence of a crisis from a disease.
  2. (medicine, dated) An unfavorable crisis or turn in the course of an attack of disease.
  3. (medicine, dated) A condition in which diagnosis and especially prognosis are uncertain.

References[edit]

  • The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary (Gould, 1919)
  • A Practical Medical Dictionary (Stedman, 1922)

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

acrisia f (plural acrisie)

  1. acriticality
  2. (pathology) the presence of symptoms that make diagnosis difficult

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