epitasis - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'epitasis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Epitasis

[ n.]

- That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.
- The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.

Nearby Words:

epi- epiblast epiblastic epiblema epibolic epiboly epibranchial epic epical epicardiac

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