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PHRONESIS

\fɹˈə͡ʊnsiz], \fɹˈə‍ʊnsiz], \f_ɹ_ˈəʊ_n_s_i_z]\

Definitions of PHRONESIS

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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fr[=o]'-n[=e]'sis, n. practical wisdom. [Gr.,--phr[=e]n, mind.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Reason.
Of Hippocrates, sensory power, sensibility. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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