brachium
Americannoun
plural
brachia-
Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
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the corresponding part of any limb, as in the wing of a bird.
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an armlike part or process.
noun
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anatomy the arm, esp the upper part
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a corresponding part, such as a wing, in an animal
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biology a branching or armlike part
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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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That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Versus locum vbi hoc brachium exit de mari est late terræ planities, in quâ antiquitus stetit Troia Ciuitas de qua apud Poetas mira leguntur sed nunc valdè modica apparent vestigia Ciuitatis.
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
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 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
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