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Deutsch: Erkenntnis / Español: Epifanía / Português: Epifania / Français: Épiphanie / Italiano: Epifania

Epiphany in psychology refers to a sudden, profound realisation or insight that often leads to a shift in understanding, perception, or behaviour. This moment of clarity can occur in response to a problem, internal conflict, or a transformative life event and is frequently associated with personal growth or resolution of long-standing dilemmas.

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Epiphenomenalism refers to the form of emergentism that states that mental events emerge from brain activity but that mental events are subsequently behaviorally irrelevant.

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Epiphenomenon is defined as a secondary phenomenon, one resulting from another. Likewise, it is defined as an additional symptom appearing during the course of an illness, but not necessarily related to it.

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Epiphyseal closure is defined as the process by which the cartilage that separates the long end (Epiphysis) of a bone from the main part of the bone turns to bone.

Epiphysis is defined as the end of a long bone, often enlarged and shaped to join the Epiphysis of an adjacent bone, formed from cancellous or trabecular bone.

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Episiotomy is defined as a surgical incision in the area between the birth canal and the anus that widens the vaginal opening that prevents random tearing during childbirth. It is a cut made with surgical scissors to avoid tearing of the perineum at the end of the second stage of labor.

Episode refers to a time-limited period during which specific symptoms of a disorder are present.

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Episodic buffer is defined as a limited-capacity system that is capable of binding information from the subsidiary systems and from long-term memory into a unitary episodic representation. Episodic buffer is a component of Baddeley's working memory model that is hypothesized to temporarily maintain and integrate the information of different sensory inputs (visual and auditory) through its relationship with long-term memory.