brachialn.
1. = brachial artery, vein, etc.: see brachial adj. 1.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein
middle veina1398
portaa1398
saphena1398
funisa1400
sciaticaa1400
guidesc1400
haemorrhoidc1400
salvatellac1400
liver veina1425
median?a1425
mesaraic?a1425
sciatic?a1425
venal artery?a1425
sciat1503
organal vein1523
axillar?1541
weeping vein1543
port-vein1586
lip-vein1598
nose vein1598
sciatic vein1598
cephalic vein1599
hollow vein1605
jugular1615
scapulary1615
subclavian vein1615
umbilical vessel1615
basilica1625
porter-vein1625
neck vein1639
garter-vein1656
matricious vein1656
sacred vein1656
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
vertebral1718
portal vein1765
cava1809
satellite vein1809
brachial1859
innominate vein1866
precaval1866
postcava1882
precava1882
postcaval1891
Vesalian vein1891
sciatic1892
subcardinal1902
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 542/1 The brachials and femorals are split up..into hair-like capillaries.
2. Zoology.
a. One of a series of bones in fishes to which the pectoral fins are attached.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > bones (various types of)
grate1481
pharyngeal1791
suboperculum1818
supratemporal1834
shackle-joint1837
mastoid1840
wrist1840
mastoid bone1841
subopercular1841
mesotympanic1846
suprascapula1846
hypobranchials1848
hypotympanic1848
urohyal1848
radius1854
epicentral1866
pterotic1866
mesocoracoid1868
supraclavicle1868
precoracoid1869
symplectic1870
hypural1871
mesopterygoid1871
post-temporal1871
postclavicle1872
brachial1873
urostyle1875
hypercoracoid1876
admaxillary1885
intercalarium1887
palatopterygoquadrate1888
subtectal1888
Weberian apparatus1889
Weberian ossicles1889
radial1890
supracleithrum1903
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iv. 162 The fourth or lowest of the four brachials which together may represent the humerus, and to which the finrays are attached.
b. One of the calcareous plates in the branches of a crinoid.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > division Pelmatozoa > class Crinoidea > member of > parts of > calcareous plate in branches
brachial1888
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 572 The joints of the arms [in Crinoids] are termed brachials.
1962 D. Nichols Echinoderms ii. 24 The skeletal pieces supporting the arms are called brachials.
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brachialadj.
/ˈbreɪkɪəl/, /ˈbrakɪəl/, U.S. /ˈbreɪkiəl/, /ˈbrækiəl/ 1. Belonging to the arm; chiefly in Physiology, as brachial vein, brachial artery, bracial nerve, brachial muscle, brachial ganglion, etc.; also brachial tooth, an obsolete name for the styloid process of the ulna. Rare in non-technical use.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adjective]
armed1500
long-armed1575
brachial1578
finned1785
one-armed1809
one-arm1906
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iii. f. 42 Two distinct orders of Brachiall bones.
1726 A. Monro Anat. Nerves (1741) 66 It contributes to form the brachial Nerves.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 225 Inferior in brachial strength.
2. Zoology. Of the nature of, or resembling, an arm.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > like an arm
brachial1835
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 106 Twelve tentacles rather smaller than the brachial ones.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 36/2 The mouth, surrounded by four brachial appendages.
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