phrenic adjective & noun. ['frɛnɪk] E18.
[French phrénique, from Greek phren-, phrēn diaphragm, mind (once thought to be located in the diaphragm): see -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Anatomy. Diaphragmatic. E18.
phrenic nerve the nerve supplying the muscles of the diaphragm.
2. Mental. Only in M19.
B. noun. Anatomy. The phrenic nerve. L18.

■ phrenicectomy [-'sɛktǝmi] noun (an instance of) surgical removal or destruction of a section of the phrenic nerve, formerly carried out as an alternative to phrenicotomy E20.

■ phreni'cotomy noun (an instance of) surgical cutting of the phrenic nerve so as to paralyse the diaphragm on one side E20.

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