adjective
- relating to or being sensory nerve fibers that enable fine discrimination of touch and temperature
Usage: medical; neurological
Examples
- Epicritic sensations allow us to distinguish between different textures.
- The epicritic system provides precise tactile information to the brain.
- Damage to epicritic nerve fibers can impair fine touch discrimination.
- Epicritic pathways carry detailed sensory information from the skin.
- The doctor tested the patient’s epicritic sensitivity using light touch.
- Epicritic fibers are responsible for detecting subtle temperature changes.