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phrenographs

phrenographs is the plural of phrenograph.

Meaning of phrenograph

Noun

phrenograph (plural phrenographs)

  1. An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.
    • Finally, it has been found possible in various ways to record the diaphragmatic movements by the insertion of tn elastic bar connected with a tambour into the abdomen below it (phrenograph) , by the insertion of needles into different parts of its structure, or by recording the contraction of...1902, William Senhouse Kirkes, Kirkes': Handbook of Physiology, page 266
  2. A phrenological profile; a delineation of a person's characteristics based on a phrenological examination.
    • The accuracy and value of a phrenograph, therefore, must depend upon the learning, judgment and skill of the person who makes it, and its defects should not be charged to phrenology considered as a system of mental philosophy.1895 February, “Regarding Phrenographs”, in The Phrenological Journal

Questions about phrenographs

What is phrenographs the plural of?
Phrenographs is the plural of phrenograph.

Words near phrenographs in the dictionary

  1. phrenitides
  2. phrenitis
  3. phreno-
  4. phrenocostal
  5. phrenograph
  6. phrenographs
  7. phrenography
  8. phrenologer
  9. phrenologers
  10. phrenologic
  11. phrenological

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