单词 | phrenitic |
释义 | phrenitic/frɛˈnɪtɪk/ /frɪˈnɪtɪk/Medicine. Now rare (historical ) adjective Of, relating to, or of the nature of phrenitis; affected by phrenitis; delirious. noun A person suffering from phrenitis. Also (with the and plural concord): †such people as a class ( obsolete ). Now historical. OriginMid 17th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654), physician and astrologer. From post-classical Latin phreniticus, variant of classical Latin phrenēticus frenetic after its ultimate etymon ancient Greek ϕρενιτικός suffering from inflammation of the brain from ϕρενῖτις + -ικός. |
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