| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.[Websters]
2. The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm.[Websters]. | |
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"EPITASIS" is a common misspelling or typo for: epistasis. |
Date "EPITASIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references) |
| Etymology:Epitasis \E*pit"a*sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression stretching, from to stretch upon or over; 'epi` upon to stretch.]. (references) |
