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phrenicotripsy

phrenicotripsy noun: the surgical crushing of the phrenic nerve.

Noun

phrenicotripsy (uncountable)

  1. The surgical crushing of the phrenic nerve.

Origin of phrenicotripsy

From phrenico- + -tripsy.

Questions about phrenicotripsy

What does phrenicotripsy mean?
Phrenicotripsy means the surgical crushing of the phrenic nerve.
What part of speech is phrenicotripsy?
Phrenicotripsy is a noun.

Words near phrenicotripsy in the dictionary

  1. phrenicosplenic ligament
  2. phrenicosplenic ligaments
  3. phrenicotomies
  4. phrenicotomized
  5. phrenicotomy
  6. phrenicotripsy
  7. phrenics
  8. phrenism
  9. phrenitic
  10. phrenitides
  11. phrenitis

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