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Phrenic   Listen
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Phrenic  adj.  (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... instances of congenital deficiency of part of the diaphragm. Recently Dittel reported unilateral defect in the diaphragm of an infant that died soon after birth. The stomach, small intestines, and part of the large omentum lay in the left pleural cavity; both the phrenic nerves were normal. Many similar cases of diaphragmatic hernia have been observed. In such cases the opening may be large enough to allow a great part of the visceral constituents to pass into the thorax, sometimes ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould



Words linked to "Phrenic" :   phrenic vein, diaphragm, phrenic nerve



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