PARAPHRENITIS
\pˌaɹəfɹɪnˈa͡ɪtɪs], \pˌaɹəfɹɪnˈaɪtɪs], \p_ˌa_ɹ_ə_f_ɹ_ɪ_n_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_s]\
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A name given to inflammation of the diaphragm, (see Diaphragmitis,) which was supposed always to produce delirium :-as well as to the delirium itself accompanying that affection. See Phrenitis.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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