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Phrenic(medicine)

Hedrick Medical Center (health) and phrenic (iou)


Hedrick Medical Center (health)


The Hedrick Medical Center is a hospital in Chillicothe, Missouri, United States.





phrenic (iou)



phrenic adjective & noun. E18.
[French phrenique, from Greek phren-, phren 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 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.