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brachium

[ brey-kee-uhm, brak-ee- ]

noun

plural brachia
  1. Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
  2. the corresponding part of any limb, as in the wing of a bird.
  3. an armlike part or process.


brachium

/ ˈbreɪkɪəm; ˈbræk- /

noun

  1. anatomy the arm, esp the upper part
  2. a corresponding part, such as a wing, in an animal
  3. biology a branching or armlike part
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dz·c·ܳ noun plural postbrachia
  • d·c·ܳ noun plural pseudobrachia
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brachium1

1725–35; < New Latin; Latin ( c ) hium the arm; compare Greek íō, formally the comparative of ý short
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brachium1

C18: New Latin, from Latin bracchium arm, from Greek ō
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Example Sentences

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That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

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The other bolt connects the extremity of the brake to the pump-spear, which draws up the spear box or piston, charged with the water in the tube; derived from brachium, an arm or lever.

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Then would come a happy cure to aching bones—made whole with honourable bruises, oblivious of pain, the "brachia livida," lithesome and triumphant.

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The passage from Erasmus, "brachium habet ova serpentum," is plainly to be rendered "and with a string of serpents' eggs on your arm."

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Some suppose that by "bis pedes, bis brachia," he means that two nails were to be driven into each leg and foot.

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