phreno-, phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, phrenic-, -phrenia, -phrenic, -phrenically
(Greek: mind, brain; the midriff or the diaphragm; mental disorder)
phreniconeurectomy
phrenicotomy
Incision of the phrenic nerve in order to induce unilateral paralysis of the diaphragm, which is then pushed up by the abdominal viscera in order to exert compression upon a diseased lung.
phrenicula
An obsolete term for brain fever.
phrenism
Thought-force.
phrenismus
An obsolete term for encephalitis.
phrenition
Frenzy; rage.
phrenitis
1. Inflammation of the brain or of its membranes, attended with delirium and fever; brain fever.
2. In Hippocrates’ classification, acute mental disease with fever. The other classes were mania (acute mental disease without fever); melancholia (chronic mental disturbances of various kinds, not limited to mood disorders); epilepsy (approximately the same as in current use); hysteria (somatoform disturbances, especially paroxysmic dyspnea, pain, and convulsions); and Scythian disease (transvestitism).
2. In Hippocrates’ classification, acute mental disease with fever. The other classes were mania (acute mental disease without fever); melancholia (chronic mental disturbances of various kinds, not limited to mood disorders); epilepsy (approximately the same as in current use); hysteria (somatoform disturbances, especially paroxysmic dyspnea, pain, and convulsions); and Scythian disease (transvestitism).
phrenoblabia
An obsolete term for dementia.
phrenocardia; cardiophrenia
Precordial pain and dyspnea of psychogenic origin, often a symptom of anxiety neurosis.
phrenocolic
A reference to both the diaphragm and the colon.
Pain in the diaphragm: While studying medicine, Grace learned that bronchitis, multiple sclerosis, or a gallbladder disease could bring on a condition of phrenodynia.
phrenogastric
Pertaining to the diaphragm and the stomach.
phrenoglottic
A reference to the diaphragm and the glottis (tongue); denoting a spasm involving the diaphragm and the vocal cords.
phrenogram
The curve or tracing made by a phrenograph.
phrenograph
1. An instrument for recording the movements of the diaphragm in respiration.
2. A phrenological description or “chart“ of a person’s mental characteristics.
2. A phrenological description or “chart“ of a person’s mental characteristics.
