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Meaning of "phrenic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHRENIC

From New Latin phrenicus, from Greek phrēn mind, diaphragm.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PHRENIC

ˈfrɛnɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHRENIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phrenic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PHRENIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phrenic nerve

The phrenic nerve is a nerve that originates in the neck and passes down between the lung and heart to reach the diaphragm. It is important for breathing, as it passes motor information to the diaphragm and receives sensory information from it. There are two phrenic nerves, a left and a right one. The phrenic nerve originates mainly from the 4th cervical nerve, but also receives contributions from the 5th and 3rd cervical nerves in humans. Thus, the phrenic nerve receives innervation from parts of both the cervical plexus and the brachial plexus of nerves. The phrenic nerves contain motor, sensory, and sympathetic nerve fibers. These nerves provide the only motor supply to the diaphragm as well as sensation to the central tendon. In the thorax, each phrenic nerve supplies the mediastinal pleura and pericardium.

Definition of phrenic in the English dictionary

The definition of phrenic in the dictionary is of or relating to the diaphragm. Other definition of phrenic is of or relating to the mind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHRENIC

allergenic · anthropogenic · antigenic · carcinogenic · chromogenic · comedogenic · cryogenic · erogenic · genic · hebephrenic · Hellenic · hypoallergenic · mitogenic · myogenic · pathogenic · photogenic · schizophrenic · sirenic · transgenic · xenic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHRENIC

phrenesiac · phrenesis · phrenetic · phrenetical · phrenetically · phreneticness · phrenism · phrenitic · phrenitides · phrenitis · phrenologic · phrenological · phrenologically · phrenologise · phrenologist · phrenologize · phrenology · phrensical · phrensies · phrensy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHRENIC

androgenic · angiogenic · arsenic · atherogenic · biogenic · eirenic · hygienic · irenic · mutagenic · oncogenic · orogenic · osteogenic · polygenic · pyogenic · pyrogenic · scenic · splenic · subphrenic · teratogenic · tumorigenic

Synonyms and antonyms of phrenic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phrenic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHRENIC

Find out the translation of phrenic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of phrenic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phrenic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

frénico
570 millions of speakers
en

English

phrenic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मध्यच्छद
380 millions of speakers
ar

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حجابي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

диафрагмального
278 millions of speakers
pt

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frênico
270 millions of speakers
bn

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মধ্যচ্ছদীয়
260 millions of speakers
fr

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phrénique
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Phrenic
190 millions of speakers
de

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Zwerchfell
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

横隔膜の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

횡격막
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Phrenic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về hoành cách mạc
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தொண்டை
75 millions of speakers
mr

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फार्नीक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

diyafram kası
70 millions of speakers
it

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frenico
65 millions of speakers
pl

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przeponowego
50 millions of speakers
uk

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диафрагмального
40 millions of speakers
ro

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frenic
30 millions of speakers
el

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φρενικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pelvic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phrenic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phrenic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phrenic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHRENIC»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phrenic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHRENIC»

Discover the use of phrenic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phrenic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clinical Anatomy for Students: Problem Solving Approach
The right and left phrenic nerves are the only motor supply to the muscle of the corresponding half of the diaphragm. The phrenic nerves originate from the cervical plexus in the neck. The phrenic nerve is a mixed nerve with 2:1 proportion of ...
Neeta V. Kulkarni, 2007
2
Localization in Clinical Neurology
Injuries to the phrenic nerve (C3-C5) deserve special consideration. Unilateral or bilateral damage to the phrenic nerve is more often caused by a mediastinal process than by damage to the cervical plexus itself, Paralysis of this nerve results ...
Paul W. Brazis, Joseph C. Masdeu, José Biller, 2007
3
Intermittent Hypoxia Induces Plasticity in Spinal Synaptic ...
Mary Rachael Lovett-Barr. Figure 6: CIH enhances hypoxic (A & B) and hypercapnic (C & D) responses in ipsilateral phrenic nerve after C2 hemisection. A. Ipsilateral phrenic nerve Baseline Hypoxia Normoxia B. IS _ IB 111 |8 °-€ S? a Sf <a a.
Mary Rachael Lovett-Barr, 2008
4
General Thoracic Surgery
However, some brisk downward deflection of the diaphragm with percutaneous stimulation of the phrenic nerve should be observed, even in quadriplegia. There are efforts under way to create an artificial diaphragm.3 The Yale group is ...
Thomas W. Shields, Joseph LoCicero, Carolyn E. Reed, 2009
5
Mastery of Surgery
Josef E. Fischer, Kirby I. Bland, Mark P. Callery. Fig. 23. Variations in the blood supply to the distal esophagus and the esophageal hiatus. A: The inferior phrenic artery supplies the margin of the hiatus. An esophageal branch of the left gastric ...
Josef E. Fischer, Kirby I. Bland, Mark P. Callery, 2006
6
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Injury to the Phrenic Nerve The phrenic nerves arise from the spinal roots C3-C5. The nerves become superficial in the neck along the anterior scalenus covered by the sternocleidomastoid. They cross the caudal pleural cupolae and course ...
Carol L. Lake, Peter D. Booker, 2005
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An Introduction to the Human Nervous System
Functional components of the phrenic nerve (Fig. 7.6) (1) The phrenic nerve is the sole motor supply to the diaphragm. The cell bodies are located in the phrenic nucleus (Fig. 8.5) of the third to the fifth cervical segments of the spinal cord.
Seng Kee Leong, 1986
8
Clinical Neurophysiology (2Nd Edition)
Common causes of phrenic nerve involvement PHRENIC NERVE Phrenic nerve is one of the most important branches of cervical plexus. It arises from C3, C4, and C5 roots with occasional contribution from C2 and C6 roots. Phrenic nerve is  ...
Misra, Misra Uk, Et Al, 2006
9
Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery
(A) The resection is usually begun at the diaphragmatic junction and carried to both phrenic nerves and to the aorta and pulmonary arteries above. The complete extent of the resection is not shown to depict the phrenic nerves. Typically, the ...
Larry R. Kaiser, Irving L. Kron, Thomas L. Spray, 2007
10
Manual Therapy for the Peripheral Nerves
Subclavicular nerve The phrenic nerve receives a branch from the more external subclavicular nerve, located between the subclavian vein and the clavicle. Stellate ganglion Between the subclavian artery and the pleura dome the phrenic  ...
Jean-Pierre Barral, J. P. Barral, Alain Croibier, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHRENIC»

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Product News: World's First ProMRI Quadripolar Cardiac …
"It has the advantage of potentially avoiding phrenic nerve stimulation and allows for ventricular basal pacing. The Itrevia 7 HF-T QP is the first ... «SelectScience.net, Jul 15»
2
Fire or Ice for AF Ablation? Operator Experience Counts
As expected, they observed seven phrenic-nerve injuries (1.9%) with cryoablation and none with RF. For cryoablation, the four centers ... «Medscape, Jun 15»
3
Transcript of Afib Chat with Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation …
Cryoablation has more risk of damaging the phrenic nerve that moves the diaphragm. Most centers reserve cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal ... «StopAfib.org, Jun 15»
4
Lungpacer Medical, Inc. to Present at Jefferies 2015 Global …
... 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lungpacer Medical, Inc., a medical device company developing an intravenous catheter-based phrenic-nerve-pacing ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
5
Prognosis in flail upper limbs
Traditional nerve transfers using the spinal accessory nerve and the phrenic or the intercostal nerves provide consistent results for the ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
6
Micro Pacer Leads Novel Technologies at HRS
... such as stroke, major bleeding, perforation, tamponade, stenosis, phrenic nerve injury, and cardioversions (11.8% versus 14.5%, P=0.002). «MedPage Today, May 15»
7
Novel Technologies Equal to Ablation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
The event rate with the investigational device was driven primarily by phrenic-nerve injuries, including three cases that were persistent beyond ... «Medscape, May 15»
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St. Jude Medical (STJ) Presents Important Allure Quadra CRT-P …
... or CRT-Ps and an SJM quadripolar lead provides physicians with multiple pacing options to avoid phrenic nerve stimulation (PNS) and allow ... «StreetInsider.com, May 15»
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Why does the sun make some people sneeze?
If an irritant — like pepper or pollen or dust — gets in our nose, the phrenic nerve tells the diaphragm to contract and vigorously expel air. «Minnesota Public Radio News, May 15»
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Spinal Cord Injured Patient Able to Breathe Again
Paralysis can impact the transmission of nerve impulses that control breathing as a consequence of damage to the spinal cord and phrenic ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
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