Diaphragmatic

(diak -frag - mat’- ik) [did, acro , (j>pdy/j.a, a wall]. Relating to the diaphragm. D. Phenomenon, Litten’s sign; in a state of health there can be seen a shadow rising and falling from the vertebral column to the attachment of the diaphragm from the seventh rib to the convexity; this movement can be seen through the thoracic walls, and shows the intensity of respiration, and the limit of the diaphragm between its position on inspiration and that on expiration. The upper position corresponds to the liver-margin in the state of rest. Deviations of the extent of movement mark certain pathologic states. 227