Phre"no*graph (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, the migriff + -graph.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or
midriff, in respiration.
Phre*nol"o*ger (?), n. A phrenologist.
Phren`o*log"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. phrÈnologique.] Phrenological.
Phren`o*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to phrenology. --
Phren`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Phre*nol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. phrÈnologiste.] One versed in
phrenology; a craniologist.
Phre*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, the mind + -logy: cf. F.
phrÈnologie.] 1. The science of the special functions of the several
parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various
faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain.
2. In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the
mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of
the head or skull; craniology.
Gall marked out on his model of the head the places of twenty-six
organs, as round inclosures with vacant interspaces. Spurzheim and
Combe divided the whole scalp into oblong and conterminous patches.
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Phre`no*mag"net*ism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, the mind + E. magnetism.]
The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic or mesmeric
influence.
Phre"no*sin (?), n. [See Phrenic.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous body,
related to cerebrin, supposed to exist in the brain.
Phren"sied (?), p. p. & a. See Frenzied.
Phren"sy (?), n. Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See
Frenzy.
Phren"sy, v. t. To render frantic.