phrenic
NERVE CONTROLLING THE DIAPHRAGM
Phrenic Nerve; Phrenic nerves; Internal respiratory nerve of Bell; Phrenic; N. phrenicus; Phrenectomy; Nervus phrenicus; Frank nerve; Frenic nerve; Frenik nerve; Frenc nerve; Frenk nerve; Franic nerve; Right phrenic nerve; Left phrenic nerve
['fr?n?k]
¦ adjective Anatomy relating to the diaphragm.
Origin
C18: from Fr. phrenique, from Gk phren, phren- 'diaphragm, mind' (because the mind was once thought to lie in the diaphragm).