phreno-, phren-, phreni-, phrenico-, phrenic-, -phrenia, -phrenic, -phrenically

A reference to the diaphragm and the liver.

One who practices phrenology.

To produce “bumps” or protuberances (on the head) with blows (hitting).

1. The theory, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, that mental faculties or character) could be determined by the location of bumps and other topographical features on the skull; therefore, a bump here might indicate intelligence, a bump there, willpower, etc.
2. The scientific study or theory of mental faculties.

An obsolete term for collapse delirium; delirious mania.

A term for a dulling of the senses or intellect; a state of stupor.

Disease of the mind.

1. An obsolete term for disorder or disease of the mind.

A rare term that refers to the suppression and/or liquidation of those whose personalities and convictions are incompatible with or nonconforming to existing authoritarian standards.

An irrational fear of thinking, or of losing one’s mind.

1. Diaphragmtic paralysis.
2. Sudden failing of the mind.
3. Derangement or disturbance of mental balance.

A clinical syndrome known in the early part of the 19th century as ecstasy (a trance state in which ideas of dedication and complete surrender occupy almost the entire field of consciousness).

One of the many terms used to describe the drugs that have an action on the mind or psyche; namely, the tranquilizers, ataractics, psychotropics, etc.

Downward displacement of the diaphragm.

An obsolete term for sound-mindedness.