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phrenitic, a. Path.|frɪˈnɪtɪk| [ad. Gr. ϕρενῑτικ-ός, f. ϕρενῖτ-ις phrenitis: see -ic.] Affected with or suffering from phrenitis; subject to fits of delirium or madness.
1771T. Percival Ess. (1777) I. 24 He indulged his phrenitic patients in the use of wine. 1838Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XVII. 453/2 Phrenitic, a term used to denote those who, without being absolutely mad, are subject to such strong sallies of imagination as in some measure pervert their judgment. 1893Syd. Soc. Lex., Phrenitic, belonging to phrenitis. |