单词 | postbrachial |
释义 | > as lemmaspostbrachial postbrachial adj. Brit. /(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈbreɪkɪəl/ , /(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈbrakɪəl/ , U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈbreɪkiəl/ , /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈbrækiəl/ [ < post- prefix + brachial adj., originally after post-classical Latin postbrachialis (mid 16th cent.), postbrachiale (1541 or earlier)] Anatomy (a) situated behind or beyond the arm (in quot. 1578: designating the metacarpal bones of the hand); situated on the back of the upper arm, as the triceps muscle; (b) situated or occurring in the part of the spinal cord behind or below the part which supplies nerves to the forelimbs.ΚΠ 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 29 The vj. [bone] is fastened to the angular bosome of the Postbrachiall bones. 1890 Cent. Dict. (citing E. Coues) Postbrachial. 1976 Appl. Neurophysiol. 39 27 (title) Does postbrachial deafferentation modify the cortical responses to forelimb stimulation? 1983 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 301 36 The anterior mass... shows no clear division into prebrachial and postbrachial parts. < as lemmas |
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