† metaphrenumn.

Forms: 1600s metaphren, 1600s metaphrene, 1600s 1800s metaphrenon, 1600s–1800s metaphrenum.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin metaphrenum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin metaphrenum (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < ancient Greek μετάϕρενον < μετα- meta- prefix (compare meta- prefix 3) + ϕρεν- , ϕρήν phren n. In forms metaphren, metaphrene perhaps after Middle French, French †metaphrene (1546; included in Cotgrave, 1611). N.E.D. (1906) gives for the lemma metaphrenon the pronunciation (metæ·frĭnǫn) /mɛˈtæfrɪnɒn/, and for the second element of metaphrenum (-frĭnɒ̆m) /-frɪnəm/.

Obsolete.

The part of the back behind or above the diaphragm, or behind the chest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [noun] > parts of

the small of the back?1536

metaphrenum1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 460 His [sc. the lion's] Metaphrenon or part of his backe against his hart (so called) betwixt his shoulder-blades, is very broad.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. v. iii. i. 486 The metaphrene, or part of the backe which is ouer-against the heart.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 90 Brest strong, metaphren broad.

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 196 Metaphrenum is..part of the Back.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Metaphrenum, that part of the Back which comes after the Diaphragm, or Midriff.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Metaphrenon, Metaphrenum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	metaphrenum
释义	† metaphrenumn. Forms: 1600s metaphren, 1600s metaphrene, 1600s 1800s metaphrenon, 1600s–1800s metaphrenum. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin metaphrenum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin metaphrenum (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < ancient Greek μετάϕρενον < μετα- meta- prefix (compare meta- prefix 3) + ϕρεν- , ϕρήν phren n. In forms metaphren, metaphrene perhaps after Middle French, French †metaphrene (1546; included in Cotgrave, 1611). N.E.D. (1906) gives for the lemma metaphrenon the pronunciation (metæ·frĭnǫn) /mɛˈtæfrɪnɒn/, and for the second element of metaphrenum (-frĭnɒ̆m) /-frɪnəm/. Obsolete. The part of the back behind or above the diaphragm, or behind the chest. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [noun] > parts of the small of the back?1536 metaphrenum1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 460 His [sc. the lion's] Metaphrenon or part of his backe against his hart (so called) betwixt his shoulder-blades, is very broad. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. v. iii. i. 486 The metaphrene, or part of the backe which is ouer-against the heart. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 90 Brest strong, metaphren broad. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 196 Metaphrenum is..part of the Back. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Metaphrenum, that part of the Back which comes after the Diaphragm, or Midriff. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Metaphrenon, Metaphrenum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1607
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