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brachial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɹeɪkɪəl/
• /ˈbɹækɪəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining or belonging to the arm.
2. (not-comparable) Of the nature of an arm.

Deriveds

scapulobrachial · prebrachial · interbrachial · monobrachial · intercostobrachial · brachial plexus · brachialgia · antebrachial · brachially · postbrachial · brachial artery · cervicobrachial · transbrachial · faciobrachial · parabrachial · coracobrachial · spinobrachial · intrabrachial

Translations (17)

ro brahial (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · fi brakiaalinen (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · cs pažní (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · es braquial (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · sk ramenný (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · ru плечевой (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · ar عَضُدِيّ (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · ca braquial (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · fr brachial (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · pl ramienny (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · fi olkavarsi- (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · pt braçal (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · bg брахиа́лен (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · pl ramieniowy (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · de brachial (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · id brakhialis (pertaining or belonging to the arm) · pt braquial (pertaining or belonging to the arm)

brachial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɹeɪkɪəl/
• /ˈbɹækɪəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.

Meanings

1. Denoting the upper valve of a brachiopod's shell
   • The first brachials are somewhat broader than long and are not entirely in contact interiorly. The second brachials are squarish. The first and most of the second brachials bear spines […] 1950, Austin Hobart Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids, page 33:
   • Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals. 1997, Gary D. Webster, David D. Gillette, Lower Carboniferous Echinoderms from Northern Utah and Western Wyoming, page 14:

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