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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/epi" title="epi – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="epi" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/epi" title="epi – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="epi" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/epi" title="epi – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="epi" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also"><i>See also:</i> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Variations_of_%22epi%22" title="Appendix:Variations of "epi"">Appendix:Variations of "epi"</a></b></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Clipping of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/epinephrine#English" title="epinephrine">epinephrine</a></i></span></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">epi</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/epis#English" title="epis">epis</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/syringe" title="syringe">syringe</a> or <a href="/wiki/autoinjector" title="autoinjector">autoinjector</a> filled with <a href="/wiki/epinephrine" title="epinephrine">epinephrine</a>, most frequently used for the treatment of acute allergic reactions to avoid or treat the onset of <a href="/wiki/anaphylactic_shock" title="anaphylactic shock">anaphylactic shock</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">medical jargon</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/epinephrine" title="epinephrine">epinephrine</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Clipping of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/epimorphism#English" title="epimorphism">epimorphism</a></i></span></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">epi</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/epis#English" title="epis">epis</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/category_theory" title="category theory">category theory</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#abbreviation" title="Appendix:Glossary">Abbreviation</a> of <span 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title="epis">epis</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/medicine" title="medicine">medicine</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#abbreviation" title="Appendix:Glossary">Abbreviation</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/episiotomy#English" title="episiotomy">episiotomy</a></i></span></span>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology 5"><span>edit</span></a><span 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even your lowest rated <b>epi</b> is an 8.1.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/epi_curve#English" title="epi curve">epi curve</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Staph_epi#English" title="Staph epi">Staph epi</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=epi&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/EIP#English" 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