附记,补说,附录
Excursus \Ex*cur"sus\, n. [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See
{Excurrent}.]
A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and
containing a more extended exposition of some important point
or topic.
excursus
n : a message that departs from the main subject [syn: {digression},
{aside}, {divagation}, {parenthesis}]