Middle English Dictionary Entry
crīse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crīse n. Also crisis. |
| Etymology | L crisis; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. The decisive point in the progress of a disease, the turning point for better or worse, crisis.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)22b/a : Apostemez, yn periodez i. circuites, and in paroxismez i. accessez, & in crises i. alteracions or domez [L crisibus], seweþ þe analogie i. comparicioun or proporcioun of þe materiez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)23b/a : It is made bi way of crise [*Ch.(2): dome or determynacioun; L crisis].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)48a/b : The cure of bubones is dyuersed..fro þe cure of oþere apostemes in voydinge and in smytinge agayne, so þat if it be after þe paþþe of crisis i. determynacioun..þan it byhoueþ noght þat he put to euacuacioun.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.27rb (2.2) : Þe malady hasteþ him faste and crisis falleþ on þe 9 daie or on þe 7 day.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.116va (3.20) : Vryn dym in an acue: a ful wik crise is for to come.
Note: Antedates word.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. crise.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. crisis.