Obs. Med. [mod.L. epicrāsis, a. Gr. ἐπίκρᾶσις, f. ἐπικρα-, ἐπικεραννύναι: see EPICERASTIC.] The process of ‘tempering acrid humours’; the use of epicerastics.
1621. G. Hakewil, King David’s Vow, 290. In such a case … a skilfull Physician will use Epicrasis, as they call it, labouring to bring the body to a better temperature.
