v. t. To madden. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -phrenic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. musculus muscle + E. phrenic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is phrenetic. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. phreneticus, Gr. frenhtiko`s, frenitiko`s: cf. F. phrénétique. See Frantic, and cf. Frenetic. ] Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic. -- Phre*net"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the midriff, or diaphragm, the heart, the mind: cf. F. phrénique. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the midriff, or diaphragm, the heart (as the seat of emotions), the mind. ] (Anat.) A combining form meaning, of or pertaining to the diaphragm, the mind, or the brain; frenic. Stedman. [ PJC ]

n. That branch of science which relates to the mind; mental philosophy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Phrenic. ] (Biol.) See Vital force, under Vital. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n, freno`s. ] 1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Frenzy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the midriff + -graph. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A phrenologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. phrénologique. ] Phrenological. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to phrenology. -- Phren`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. phrénologiste. ] One versed in phrenology; a craniologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the mind + -logy: cf. F. phrénologie. ] 1. The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In popular usage, the obsolete physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology. it is considered a pseudo-science by all reputable medical personnel, but is still believed by some people.
Syn. -- craniognomy. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

☞ Gall marked out on his model of the head the places of twenty-six organs, as round inclosures with vacant interspaces. Spurzheim and Combe divided the whole scalp into oblong and conterminous patches. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the mind + E. magnetism. ] The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic or mesmeric influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Phrenic. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A cerebroside, related to cerebrin, present in white matter of the brain.
Syn. -- cerebron. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

p. p. & a. See Frenzied. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render frantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. See Phrenetic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; a trench + enchyma, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Same as Bothrenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup. [ 1913 Webster ]