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Phrenic vs Phrentic - What's the difference?

phrenic | phrentic |

As adjectives the difference between phrenic and phrentic

is that phrenic is of or pertaining to the diaphragm while phrentic is obsolete form of frenetic.

phrenic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm
  • (physiology) Relating to the mind or mental activity

    • Derived terms

    () * phrenic artery * phrenic ganglion * phrenic nerve * phrenic plexus

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    phrentic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * phrenetic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
    • Fantastic images, a various train,
    Burst from the glowing prison of the brain;
    And while the raptur'd Bard records their birth,
    His phrentic eye glances from heaven to earth.     — Joseph Blacket.
    (Webster 1913)