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(), n.[NL., fr. Gr. a stretching, fr. to stretch upon or over; 'epi° upon + to stretch.] 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. (Med.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison. スポンサード リンク
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