brachium

American  

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

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.

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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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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