phrenic

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the mind.
  2. adjective Anatomy Of or relating to the diaphragm: the phrenic nerve.

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  • In order to survive any kind of phrenic progression she had to first destroy what was. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • A phrenic-nerve stimulator pumped current into his body to help his lungs inhale and exhale. —  The Empty Chair
  • The primary phrenic nerve trunk projected onto the muscles normally (data not shown). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The primary phrenic nerve trunks and AChR clusters are indicated by green lines and red dots, respectively. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Her "Orange is Halloween" skin is from Schism-phrenic and is a dollarbie only available from OnRez. —  Fashion World of SL
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  1. = French phrénique = Portuguese phrenico = Italian frenico, from New Latin phrenicus, from Greek as if *φρενικός of or pertaining to the diaphragm, from φρήν (φρεν-), the diaphragm, the mind: see phren.
 

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