brachium

American  

[brey-kee-uhm, brak-ee-] / ˈbreɪ ki əm, ˈbræk i- /

noun

brachia plural

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.

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brachium British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• postbrachium
  noun
• pseudobrachium
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• brachia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brachium

1725–35; < New Latin; Latin brāc ( c ) hium the arm; compare Greek brachíōn, formally the comparative of brachýs short

Example Sentences

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brachium brachia

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

In this development of brachial extensions of the theca the genital organs were involved, and their ripe products formed at the ends of the brachia or in the branches therefrom.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Ever since, and long before, Cicero observed, in a letter to his brother Quintus, "Latiorem piscinam voluissem ubi jactata brachia non offenderentur," men who have taken the hot-air bath have loved the ample plunge.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen

Octobrachiate, ok-tō-brā′ki-āt, adj. having eight brachia, arms, or rays.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various