Definition of Brachial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to an arm. "Brachial artery"

Partainyms: Arm

Definition of Brachial

1. a. Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.

Definition of Brachial

1. Adjective. Pertaining or belonging to the arm. ¹

2. Adjective. Of the nature of an arm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brachial

1. a part of the arm [n -S]

Medical Definition of Brachial

1. Or, [L. Brachialis (bracch-), from bracchium (bracch-) arm: cf. F. Brachial. 1. Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve. 2. Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachial

braceleted
bracelets
braceletted
bracer
bracero
braceros
bracers
braces
bracewellite
brach
brachelytra
braches
brachet
brachets
brachia
brachial (current term)
brachial anaesthesia
brachial artery
brachial birth palsy
brachial cleft cyst
brachial fascia
brachial gland
brachial lymph nodes
brachial muscle
brachial neuritis
brachial plexitis
brachial plexus
brachial plexus neuropathy
brachial vein
brachial veins

Literary usage of Brachial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The surgical anatomy of the brachial artery. Supinator brevis. This space, cubital fossa, contains the brachial artery with its accompanying veins, ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Lesions in the Domain of the brachial Plexus This plexus may be involved by: (1) tumors near the spine or in the supraclavicular fossa; (2) direct and ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"Observation of the compound movements in the fore limb of the •dog by electrical excitation of the peripheral end of the whole of a cer^co-brachial nerve ..."

4. Handbook of therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"brachial NEURITIS brachial neuritis may be produced by any of the chronic ... It may occur also from straining or injury to the brachial nerves or the ..."

5. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"Under the term brachial Vein», Chaussier includes the humeral, axillary, ... Anticus, brachial muscle—b. Externus, see Triceps extensor cubiti —b. ..."

6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Near the lower border of the Subscapularis it receives the brachial veins and, close to its termination, the cephalic vein; its other tributaries correspond ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1870)
"The brachial artery was obliterated for a short distance above point of amputation, and terminated in a fibrous cord, which was also inserted into the large ..."

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