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epitasis

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  1. 1. n. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Source: opted
  3. 3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 4. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.Dunglison. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis. n. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Source: ecdict

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