Epitasis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epitasis \E*pit"a*sis\, 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}.
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     2. (Med.) The period of violence in a fever or disease;
        paroxysm. --Dunglison.
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