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brachium
[ brey-kee-uhm, brak-ee- ]
noun
- Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
- the corresponding part of any limb, as in the wing of a bird.
- an armlike part or process.
brachium
/ ˈbreɪkɪəm; ˈbræk- /
noun
- anatomy the arm, esp the upper part
- a corresponding part, such as a wing, in an animal
- biology a branching or armlike part
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è´Ç²õ³Ù·²ú°ù²¹î€ƒc³ó¾±Â·³Ü³¾ noun plural postbrachia
- ±è²õ±ð³Üd´Ç·²ú°ù²¹î€ƒc³ó¾±Â·³Ü³¾ noun plural pseudobrachia
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of brachium1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of brachium1
Example Sentences
That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.
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.
Then would come a happy cure to aching bones—made whole with honourable bruises, oblivious of pain, the "brachia livida," lithesome and triumphant.
The passage from Erasmus, "brachium habet ova serpentum," is plainly to be rendered "and with a string of serpents' eggs on your arm."
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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