PHREN
\fɹˈɛn], \fɹˈɛn], \f_ɹ_ˈɛ_n]\
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fren, n. the thinking principle, mind: the diaphragm:--pl. PHRENES.--ns. PHR[=E]NAL'GIA, psychalgia; PHREN[=E]'SIS, delirium, frenzy.--adjs. PHRENET'IC, -AL (also FRENET'IC, -AL), having a disordered mind: frenzied: mad; PHRENIAT'RIC, pertaining to the cure of mental diseases; PHREN'IC, belonging to the diaphragm.--ns. PHREN'ICS, mental philosophy; PHREN'ISM, thought force.--adj. PHRENIT'IC, affected with phrenitis.--ns. PHREN[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the brain; PHRENOG'RAPHY, descriptive psychology; PHRENOPATH'IA, mental disease.--adj. PHRENOPATH'IC.--n. PHRENOPL[=E]'GIA, sudden loss of mental power. [Gr. phr[=e]n, the mind.]
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