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Definition of Brachiate

1. Adjective. Having widely spreading paired branches. "Maples are brachiate"

2. Verb. Swing from one hold to the next. "The monkeys brachiate"

3. Adjective. Having arms or armlike appendages.

Definition of Brachiate

1. a. Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.

Definition of Brachiate

1. Adjective. Having decussate branches. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brachiate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Brachiate

1. Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac. Origin: L. Brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachiate

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 brachialgia brachialis brachials brachiata brachiate (current term) brachiated brachiates brachiating brachiation

brachiations brachiator brachiators brachinite brachinites brachio- brachiobasilic brachiocephalic brachiocephalic arteritis brachiocephalic muscle

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