Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīafragma n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīafragma n. |
| Etymology | L; ult.Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. The diaphragm.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96a/b : Diafragma is a skyn þat departiþ and is I sette bitwene þe bowellis and þe spiritual membres.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)282/26 : It comeþ..of febilnes of..þe lungis, & of diafragma.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)14b/b : Som [muscles] bene of þe diafragma i. mydrif.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.31ra (2.3) : Þe holwe veyne..is anone diuisede into 2 branches..on branch..goþ inne by þe myddes of diafragma, þe mydrede, and entreþ into þe left syde of þe hert.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. diaphragma.