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phren

phren [LL < φρήν] , skin or membrane: a  (spec. surrounding the brain); b (spec. diaphragm). a frenesis ‥ a frenibus ‥ nomen sumpsit que cerebrum circumvolitant Gilb. II 100. 2; hoc fren, A. the sckyn of the brayne ‥ in capitis cerebro fren est tenussima [sic] pellis WW; dicuntur due pellicule que obvolvunt cerebrum frenes Alph. 65.  b fren interpretatur pellicula, unde antiqui ante tempus Platonis vocabant frenes quod nos hodie dicimus diafragma Alph. 65.

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