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brachy-
- a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “short,” used in the formation of compound words:
brachycerous.
brachy-
combining_form
- indicating something short
brachycephalic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brachy-1
< Greek, combining form of brachýs
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brachy-1
from Greek brakhus short
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Example Sentences
It is shewn that early palaeolithic man presents examples of skulls both of brachy-cephalic and dolicho-cephalic proportions.
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Where they have become carnivorous, aggressive, and actively barbarous, the brachy-kephalic forms abound.
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The most typical cases both of brachy and dolicho deformation are from the Cerro de las Palmas graves in south-west Mexico.
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Changed "short-fluited" to "short-fruited" in the index entry for "Brachy-."
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Skull, normally brachy (80 to 84), but in parts of China sub-dolicho and high.
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