| epitasis | 1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; opposed to protasis. 2. <medicine> The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A stretching, fr. To stretch upon or over; upon + to stretch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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