brachium

[ brey-kee-uhm, brak-ee- ]

noun

, plural bra·chi·a [brey, -kee-, uh, brak, -ee-, uh].

1. Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
2. the corresponding part of any limb, as in the wing of a bird.
3. an armlike part or process.

brachium

/ ˈbreɪkɪəm; ˈbræk- /

noun

1. anatomy the arm, esp the upper part
2. a corresponding part, such as a wing, in an animal
3. biology a branching or armlike part

Other Words From

• post·brachi·um noun plural postbrachia
• pseudo·brachi·um noun plural pseudobrachia

Word History and Origins

Origin of brachium¹

1725–35; < New Latin; Latin brāc ( c ) hium the arm; compare Greek brachíōn, formally the comparative of brachýs short

Word History and Origins

Origin of brachium¹

C18: New Latin, from Latin bracchium arm, from Greek brakhiōn

Example Sentences

That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm.

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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.

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Then would come a happy cure to aching bones—made whole with honourable bruises, oblivious of pain, the "brachia livida," lithesome and triumphant.

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The passage from Erasmus, "brachium habet ova serpentum," is plainly to be rendered "and with a string of serpents' eggs on your arm."

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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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