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phrenic

  • adjective
  • /ˈfɹɛnɪk/

Of or pertaining to the diaphragm

Other meanings

  1. Relating to the mind or mental activity

Related words

  • cardiophrenic
  • costophrenic
  • gastrophrenic
  • hepatophrenic
  • juxtaphrenic
  • lienophrenic
  • splenophrenic
  • subphrenic
  • aristophrenic
  • cacophrenic
  • electrophrenic
  • epiphrenic

Word history

From Ancient Greek "φρήν" (diaphragm).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “phrenic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.