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

• postbrachium
  noun
• pseudobrachium
  noun

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

Hic bisecatur via, alterutrumque ejus brachium Lindum usque, alterum versus Viriconium protenditur, sic: Manduessuedo m.p.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

Ab hoc monte Sion versus ciuitatem habetur Ecclesia dedicata sancto saluatori, in quo nunc dicuntur seruari ossa S. Stephani supradicti, et sinistrum brachium S. Ioannis Chrisostomi, cuius corpus vt dictum est requiescit Constantinopoli.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

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

From Notes and Queries, Number 02, November 10, 1849 by Various

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The Chaldee word braic, a branch, is the Irish braic or raigh, an arm, the Welsh braic, the Latin brachium, and the English brace, something which supports like an arm.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius