phrenic
[fren-ik]
adjective
Anatomy. of or relating to the diaphragm.
Physiology. relating to the mind or mental activity.
Origin of phrenic
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mental, cerebral, scholarly, creative, psychological, thoughtful, rational, highbrow, subjective, spiritual, psychic, intellectual, bookish, brainy, intelligent, inventive, learned, studious, intellective, phrenicExamples from the Web for phrenic
Historical Examples of phrenic
The vagus, the phrenic, and the spinal nerves may also be pressed upon.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The symptoms are mainly those of peripheral neuritis with special implication of the phrenic and the pneumogastric nerves.
The phrenic arteries, two in number, pass to supply the under surface of the diaphragm.
Care must be taken not to injure the important nerves, particularly the accessory, the vagus, and the phrenic.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Have you not stimulated my phrenic nerves, besides ruining my digestion with a galvanic current round my stomach?
The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other TalesArthur Conan Doyle
phrenic
adjective
Word Origin for phrenic
C18: from New Latin phrenicus, from Greek phrēn mind, diaphragm
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phrenic
[frĕn′ĭk, frē′nĭk]
adj.
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