‖ phreˈnicula Path.
[mod.L., f. as phrenic a. (n.) + dim. suffix: see -cule.]
| 1799 M. Underwood Dis. Children (ed. 4) I. 282 What he [i.e. Dr. Paterson] calls a phrenicula, or diminutive species of phrenitis. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex., Phrenicula, term used by Rust for Brain-fever. |