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phrenesis

phrenesis noun: phrenitis.

Noun

phrenesis (countable and uncountable, plural phreneses)

  1. (obsolete) phrenitis
  2. madness, frenzy

Forms of phrenesis

pluralphreneses

Origin of phrenesis

From Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”). Doublet of frenzy.

Questions about phrenesis

What does phrenesis mean?
Phrenesis means phrenitis.
What part of speech is phrenesis?
Phrenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of phrenesis?
The plural of phrenesis is phreneses.

Words near phrenesis in the dictionary

  1. phrenectomies
  2. phrenectomy
  3. phrenemphraxis
  4. phrenes
  5. phreneses
  6. phrenesis
  7. phrenetic
  8. phrenetical
  9. phrenetically
  10. phrenetick
  11. phrenetics

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