brachial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreɪkɪəl/

Adjective

brachial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining or belonging to the arm.
2. Of the nature of an arm.

Derived terms

• antebrachial
• brachialgia
• brachial plexus
• cervicobrachial
• faciobrachial
• interbrachial
• intercostobrachial
• intrabrachial
• monobrachial
• parabrachial
• spinobrachial

 

Translations

pertaining or belonging to the arm

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} от (bg) (ot), ^{(please verify)} на ръката (na rǎkata)
• Catalan: braquial
• Finnish: olkavarsi-, brakiaalinen
• French: brachial (fr)
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• German: brachial (de)
• Portuguese: braquial (pt)
• Romanian: brahial (ro)
• Russian: плечевой (ru) m (plečevoj)
• Spanish: braquial

Noun

brachial (plural brachials)

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   • 1950, Austin Hobart Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids (page 33)

     The first brachials are somewhat broader than long and are not entirely in contact interiorly. The second brachials are squarish. The first and most of the second brachials bear spines […]

   • 1997, Gary D. Webster, ‎David D. Gillette, Lower Carboniferous Echinoderms from Northern Utah and Western Wyoming (page 14)

     Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.kjal/

Adjective

brachial (feminine brachiale, masculine plural brachiaux, feminine plural brachiales)

1. brachial

Related terms

• bras

Further reading

• “brachial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʀaˈχi̯aːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

• Audio:

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Adjective

brachial (not comparable)

1. brachial (pertaining to the arm)
2. brute (force, etc); violent (methods, etc)
3. unscrupulous

Further reading

• “brachial” in Duden online