Definition of Diaphragmatic

1. a. Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.

Definition of Diaphragmatic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or using a diaphragm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diaphragmatic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Diaphragmatic

1. Relating to a diaphragm. Synonym: phrenic. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaphragmatic

diaphoretics
diaphorite
diaphote
diaphotes
diaphragm of sella
diaphragm pessary
diaphragm sellae
diaphragm wall
diaphragm walls
diaphragma
diaphragma pelvis
diaphragma sellae
diaphragmalgia
diaphragmatic (current term)
diaphragmatic flutter
diaphragmatic hernia
diaphragmatic myocardial infarction
diaphragmatic nodes
diaphragmatic pacemaker
diaphragmatic peritonitis
diaphragmatic pleura
diaphragmatic pleurisy
diaphragmatic surface
diaphragmatically
diaphragmatocele
diaphragmed

Literary usage of Diaphragmatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"It was filled with a thinner greyish pus, and communicated through the diaphragm with the supra-diaphragmatic abscess. The cardiac orifice of the stomach ..."

2. Organizations by James G. March, Herbert Alexander Simon (1878)
"diaphragmatic HERNIA. In this rare form of hernia, some of the abdominal ... The protrusion may occur through one of the diaphragmatic orifices which has ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"She had pronounced leucaemia. The operation was performed without difficulty, and the patient died in twenty-four hours. diaphragmatic HERNIA. ..."

4. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"and diaphragmatic hernia is important; indeed, it is only its resem- M.mce to the latter ... diaphragmatic hernia usually can be excluded by the history. ..."

5. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"The trunk of the diaphragmatic nerve, formed in this manner, ... The diaphragmatic nerve (the internal respiratory nerve of Bell) is formed by two principal ..."

6. Diseases of the chest and the principles of physical diagnosis by George William Norris, Henry Robert Murray Landis, Edward Bell Krumbhaar (1920)
"diaphragmatic HERNIA The term diaphragmatic hernia should be confined to those instances in which ... diaphragmatic hernia may be congenital or acquired. ..."

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