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Brachium

Brachium \Brach"i*um\, n.; pl. Bracchia. [L. brachium or bracchium, arm.] (Anat.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

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brachium

n. (context anatomy English) The upper arm.

WordNet
brachium
  1. n. (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal

  2. [also: brachia (pl)]

Wikipedia
Brachium

Brachium can refer to:

  • Arm
  • Sigma Librae
  • Brachium of inferior colliculus
  • Brachium of superior colliculus
  • Brachium of the male Lepidoptera genitalia
  • Brachia conjunctiva (superior cerebellar peduncles)

Usage examples of "brachium".

Itaque admodum magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus confectis contra omnium opinionem ad Ligerem venit vadoque per equites invento pro rei necessitate opportuno, ut brachia modo atque humeri ad sustinenda arma liberi ab aqua esse possent, disposito equitatu qui vim fluminis refringeret, atque hostibus primo aspectu perturbatis, incolumem exercitum traduxit frumentumque in agris et pecoris copiam nactus repleto his rebus exercitu iter in Senones facere instituit.

Now Lisstik was sitting on his tail, leaving his upper two sets of brachia free to gesture and interweave as Kamarians loved to do.

The Chaldee word braic, a branch, is the Irish braic or raigh, an arm, the Welsh braic, the Latin brachium, and the English brace, something which supports like an arm.

The deltoideus, triceps brachia, latissimus dorsi and trapezius are like great marvelous wads of brown weathered stone.