brachi-

1. variant of brachio- before a vowel.

Example Sentences

But after Domzale head coach Luka Elsner, 33, posted a message asking for an "offensive right-back" who "must have an EU passport", the top-flight club received 150 applications and signed Spanish defender Alvaro Brachi, 30, just before transfer deadline day.

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"Brachi was the best candidate and we decided to invite him to Slovenia to train with us on a one-week trial and then signed him. "We needed a player who was out of contract or wanted a change of environment and we think have found a very quality player.

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Attacking right-back Alvaro Brachi is waiting to connect...

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Brachi's CV includes spells with Spanish sides Real Betis and Espanyol's second teams, Anorthosis in Cyprus and then Videoton in Hungary.

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For the back stroke therefore, and that the arm may not only bend at the elbow, but also extend and straighten itself with force, other muscles, the longus, and brevis brachi�us externus, and the acon�us, placed on the hinder part of the arms, by their contractile twitch, fetch back the fore-arm into a straight line with the cubit, with no less force than that with which it was bent out.

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Words That Use Brachi-

What does brachi- mean?

Brachi- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “arm” or “upper arm.” It is often used in medical and scientific terms, especially in anatomy and in zoology.

Brachi- comes from the Greek brachī́ōn, meaning “arm.” A medical term for the upper arm is brachium, from Latin and related to the Greek brachī́ōn.

Brachi- is a variant of brachio-, which loses its -o– when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.

Want to know more? Read our Words That Use brachio- article.

Examples of brachi-

One example of a medical term that features the combining form brachi- is brachialgia, “pain in the nerves of the upper arm.”

The first part of the word, brachi-, means “arm,” specifically the “upper arm.” What about the -algia part of the word? This combining form –algia means “pain.” Brachialgia literally translates to “arm pain.”

What are some words that use the combining form brachi-?

The following words were formed in New Latin using the equivalent form of brachi- in the language.

• brachial
• brachiate
• brachiation (formed from brachiate)
• brachiferous

What are some other forms that brachi- may be commonly confused with?

• brachy-
• brady-
• branchi-

Break it down!

Given the meaning of the combining form brachi-, where in the body would you expect to find the brachial vein and brachial artery?