Syn. -- Diction; style. See Diction.
Phras"ing (?), n. 1. Method of expression; association of words.
2. (Mus.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form
distinct musical phrases.
Phra"try (?), n.; pl. Phratries (#). [Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Gr. Antiq.) A
subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
Phre*at"ic (?), a. [F. phrÈatique, from Gr. &?;, &?;, a well.] (Geol.)
Subterranean; -- applied to sources supplying wells.
{ Phre*net"ic (?), Phre*net"ic*al (?), } a. [L. phreneticus, Gr. &?;,
&?;: cf. F. phrÈnÈtique. See Frantic, and cf. Frenetic.] Relating to
phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic. --
Phre*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
Phre*net"ic, n. One who is phrenetic. Harvey.
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Phren"ic (?), a.[Gr. &?;, &?;, the midriff, or diaphragm, the heart,
the mind: cf. F. phrÈnique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm;
diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve.
Phren"ics (?), n. That branch of science which relates to the mind;
mental philosophy. [R.]
Phre"nism (?), n. [See Phrenic.] (Biol.) See Vital force, under Vital.
||Phre*ni"tis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, &?;.] 1. (Med.)
||Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended
||with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis.