- epicritic fibers
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English-Arabic Medical Dictionary. 2013.
epicritic fibers
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epicritic — [ep΄i krit′ik] adj. [Gr epikritikos, determinative < epikrisis, judgment < epikrinein, to judge < epi , upon + krinein, to judge: see CRISIS] designating or of the nerve fibers in the skin that transmit the finer sensations of touch and… … English World dictionary
epicritic — That aspect of somatic sensation which permits the discrimination and the topographical localization of the finer degrees of touch and temperature stimuli. Cf.:protopathic. [G. epikritikos, adjudicatory, fr. epi, on, + krino, to separate, judge]… … Medical dictionary
Cutaneous innervation — refers to the area of the skin which is supplied by a specific cutaneous nerve. Dermatomes are similar; however, a dermatome only specifies the area served by a spinal nerve. In some cases, the dermatome is less specific (when a spinal nerve is… … Wikipedia
protopathic — Denoting a supposedly primitive set or system of peripheral sensory nerve fibers conducting a low order of pain and temperature sensibility that is poorly localized. Cf.:epicritic. [proto + G. pathos, suffering] * * * pro·to·path·ic .prōt ə path… … Medical dictionary
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