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Definition of Branchial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills).

Definition of Branchial

1. a. Of or pertaining to branchiæ or gills.

Definition of Branchial

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to or resembling gills ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Branchial

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Branchial

1. Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills. Branchial arches, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. Branchial clefts, the openings between the branchial arches through which water passes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Branchial

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Efferent branchial vein on wall of the great veins on plu , Ven the free, ... Each of these afferent branchial vessels is enclosed in the cavity of a renal ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This branchial вас is an enlarged and modified pharynx, and is therefore properly ... The wall of the branchial sac is pierced by a large number of vertical ..."

3. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"Branchial sac exposed from the outside. The organs of respiration in the ... The walls of the pouches are supported by the branchial and hyoid arches with ..."

4. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"When the gills disappear, the branchial cavity, which constitutes ... These branchial or visceral clefts are never more than four in number, and they appear ..."

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