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单词 phrenicotomy
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phrenicotomyn.

Brit. /ˌfrɛnᵻˈkɒtəmi/, U.S. /ˌfrɛnəˈkɑdəmi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: phrenico- comb. form, -tomy comb. form.
Etymology: < phrenico- comb. form + -tomy comb. form, perhaps after German Phrenikotomie (1913 or earlier). Compare French phrénicotomie (1925 or earlier).
Surgery.
Surgical division of a phrenic nerve, in order to paralyse the corresponding half of the diaphragm; an instance of this.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on nerves
neurotomy1704
nerve-cutting1831
neurectomy1857
sympathectomy1900
gangliectomy1901
ganglionectomy1901
vagotomy1906
rhizotomy1910
phrenicotomy1913
cordotomy1923
ramisection1924
ramisectomy1924
phrenicectomy1926
1913 Lancet 20 Sept. 902/1 To undertake, in folk already seriously ill, measures like phrenicotomy and like extensive rib-cutting.
1926 Encycl. Brit. III. 691/1 Phrenicotomy (division of the phrenic nerve in the neck) is said to paralyse the corresponding half of the diaphragm; it is sometimes practised in conjunction with other means of putting one lung at rest.
1947 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 34 889 A left phrenicotomy and a right phrenic crush were done to arrest the episode of diaphragmatic flutter.
1990 Jrnl. Appl. Physiol. 68 870/2 Occluded inspiration after vagotomy and phrenicotomy resulted in the highest..intramuscular pressure values recorded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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