| phrenocardia | Precordial pain and dyspnea of psychogenic origin, often a symptom of anxiety neurosis. See: cardiac neurosis. Synonym: cardiophrenia. Origin: phreno-+ G. Kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
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| phrenocolic | Synonym: phrenicocolic. Origin: phreno-+ G. Kolon, colon (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenocolopexy | An obsolete procedure involving suture of a displaced or prolapsed transverse colon to the diaphragm. Origin: phreno-+ G. Kolon, colon, + pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenogastric | Synonym: phrenicogastric. Origin: phreno-+ G. Gaster, stomach (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenogastric ligament | <anatomy> The portion of the greater omentum that extends from the greater curvature of the stomach to the inferior surface of the diaphragm. Synonym: ligamentum gastrophrenicum, gastrodiaphragmatic ligament, phrenogastric ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenograph | <physiology> An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration. Origin: Gr, the migriff + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phrenohepatic | Synonym: phrenicohepatic. Origin: phreno-+ G. Hepar, liver (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenological | Of or pertaining to phrenology. Phrenolog"ically. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phrenologist | One versed in phrenology; a craniologist. Origin: Cf. F. Phrenologiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phrenology | 1. <study> The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain. 2. In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology. Gall marked out on his model of the head the places of twenty-six organs, as round inclosures with vacant interspaces. Spurzheim and Combe divided the whole scalp into oblong and conterminous patches. Origin: Gr, the mind: cf. F. Phrenologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phrenomagnetism | The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic or mesmeric influence. Origin: Gr, the mind + E. Magnetism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phrenopericardial angle | The angle between the heart and the diaphragm at either lateral end of the cardiac projection on imaging (usually the chest X-ray film). The right cardiophrenic angle is normally indistinguishable from the cardiohepatic angle radiographically. Synonym: cardiodiaphragmatic angle, phrenopericardial angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenoplegia | Paralysis of the diaphragm. Origin: phreno-+ G. Plege, stroke (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenoptosia | An abnormal sinking down of the diaphragm. Origin: phreno-+ G. Ptosis, a falling (05 Mar 2000) |
| phrenosin | <physiology> A nitrogenous body, related to cerebrin, supposed to exist in the brain. See: Phrenic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |