diaphragm phenomenon

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• paradoxical diaphragm phenomenon — in phrenic nerve paralysis and diaphragmatic eventration, one hemidiaphragm moves upward on inhalation and downward on exhalation, opposite to the movements on the contralateral side …   Medical dictionary

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• splinted diaphragm — inhibition of diaphragmatic movement, seen in a variety of disease processes. See also paradoxical diaphragm phenomenon, under phenomenon …   Medical dictionary

• Kienbцck disease phenomenon unit — Kien·bцck disease, phenomenon, unit (kēnґbərk) [Robert Kienbцck, Austrian radiologist, 1871–1953] see under disease and unit, and see paradoxical diaphragm phenomenon, under phenomenon …   Medical dictionary

• Kienbцck phenomenon — paradoxical diaphragm p …   Medical dictionary

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