brachy-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin brachy-, Greek βραχυ-.

Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin brachy- (in e.g. brachylogia brachylogy n.), and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek βραχυ-, combining form (in e.g. βραχυλογία brachylogy n.) of βραχύς short < the same Indo-European base as merry adj.Compare French brachy-, German brachy-.

combining form of Greek βραχύς short.

brachyblast n.

Brit.

/ˈbrakᵻblɑːst/

/ˈbrakᵻblast/

U.S.

/ˈbrækəˌblæst/

/ˈbrækiˌblæst/

= spur n.¹ 7a. [After German Brachyblast (1851 or earlier).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > spur

thumb1745

brachyblast1895

1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. iii. ii. 402 The fungus [sc. larch-blister] can gain admission only through wounds, frequently of brachyblasts eaten by Coleophora laricella.

brachycatalectic adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrakᵻkatəˈlɛktɪk/

/ˌbrakᵻkatlˈɛktɪk/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˌkædəˈlɛktɪk/

Prosody wanting one foot or two syllables. [After post-classical Latin brachycatalecticus (5th cent.; < Hellenistic Greek βραχυκατάληκτος ); compare catalectic adj.]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of lines > lacking one foot or two syllables

brachycatalectic1821

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 386 The ancients had no such verse as the Iambic trimeter brachycatalectic.

brachyceral adj.

Brit.

/brəˈkɪs(ə)rəl/

/brəˈkɪs(ə)rl̩/

U.S.

/brəˈkɪs(ə)rəl/

Entomology = brachycerous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae > having short antennae

brachyceral1875

brachycerous1875

1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 107 Another brachyceral fly.

brachycerous adj.

Brit.

/brəˈkɪs(ə)rəs/

U.S.

/brəˈkɪs(ə)rəs/

Entomology having short ‘horns’ or antennæ. [After scientific Latin Brachycerus, genus name (1789).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae > having short antennae

brachyceral1875

brachycerous1875

1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 283 The brachycerous Dipterans comprise..the Gad-flies.

brachycranial adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrakᵻˈkreɪnɪəl/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˈkreɪniəl/

having a short cranium or head.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [adjective] > types

short-headed1802

beloid1833

microcephalous1840

platycephalous1846

long-skulled1847

round-headed1847

brachycephalic1849

dolichocephalic1849

acrocephalic1855

megacephalous1857

microcephalic1857

cymbocephalic1861

macrocephalous1861

platycephalic1861

macrocephalic1863

phaenozygous1863

dolichocephalous1864

homoeocephalic1866

mecistocephalic1866

mecocephalic1866

mesocephalic1866

orthocephalic1866

stenocephalic1866

cryptozygous1867

megalocephalic1868

aphanozygous1871

brachycephalous1872

orthocephalous1872

mesaticephalic1873

plagiocephalic1873

plagiocephalic1874

mesaticephalous1876

mesorrhine1877

platyrrhine1877

cylindro-cephalic1878

eurycephalic1878

hypsistenocephalic1878

megaseme1878

mesoseme1878

microseme1878

oxycephalic1878

oxyklinocephalic1878

platybasic1878

pyrgocephalic1878

tapinocephalic1878

megacephalic1879

hypsiconchous1885

mesoconchous1885

chamaeprosopic1886

leptocephalic1886

mesorrhinian1887

long-headed1888

tectocephalic1888

mecistocephalous1890

megalocephalous1890

plagiocephalous1890

mesocephal1891

stegoid1894

brachycranial1902

chamaecephalic1902

chamaeconchic1902

chamaecranial1902

macrocranial1902

platycranial1902

stenocranial1904

mesoconch1905

mesoconchic1909

hypsiconch1920

Lapponoid1939

hypsiconchic1960

1902 Biometrika 1 462 In both races platycephaly is associated with brachycranial characters.

1907 Practitioner Aug. 318 Short-headed or brachycranial.

brachydiagonal adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrakᵻdʌɪˈaɡ(ə)nl/

/ˌbrakᵻdʌɪˈaɡn̩l/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˌdaɪˈæɡənəl/

Crystallography pertaining to the shorter lateral axis of a rectangular prism; also as n. [After German brachydiagonal (1823 or earlier).]

ΚΠ

1837 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. App. i. 59 Its terminal edges are unequal: one may be called the macrodiagonal, the other the brachydiagonal [Ger. brachydiagonalen] terminal edge.

1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 119 In the direction of the..brachydiagonal it is hyacinth-red.

brachydome n.

Brit.

/ˈbrakᵻdəʊm/

U.S.

/ˈbrækəˌdoʊm/

Crystallography a ‘dome’ or prism whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis. [After German Brachydom (1829 or earlier).]

ΚΠ

1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) I. 42 Figure 105 contains planes..of two domes parallel to the shorter lateral axis, which are called brachydomes.

brachyelytrous adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrakɪˈɛlᵻtrəs/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˈɛlətrəs/

see brachelytrous adj.

brachymetropy n.

Brit.

/ˌbrakᵻˈmɛtrəpi/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˈmɛtrəpi/

near- or short-sightedness. [Compare German Brachymetropie (1860 or earlier).]

brachypinacoid adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrakᵻˈpɪnəkɔɪd/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˈpɪnəˌkɔɪd/

(also brachypinakoid) Crystallography pertaining to either of the two planes which in the Orthorhombic system are parallel to the vertical and brachydiagonal axes respectively. [After German Brachypinakoid (1846 or earlier); compare pinacoid n.]

ΚΠ

1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 97 The cleavages, which are parallel to the base and brachypinakoid.

brachypleural adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrakᵻˈplʊərəl/

/ˌbrakᵻˈplʊərl̩/

/ˌbrakᵻˈplɔːrəl/

/ˌbrakᵻˈplɔːrl̩/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˈplʊrəl/

having short ribs.

ΚΠ

1881 Academy 22 Oct. 315 Macropleural and brachypleural types.

brachypterous adj.

Brit.

/brəˈkɪpt(ə)rəs/

U.S.

/brəˈkɪpt(ə)rəs/

short-winged: applied to certain species of diving-birds; also applied to insects. [After French brachyptère (1770 or earlier) < post-classical Latin brachypterus (1676 or earlier) < ancient Greek βραχύπτερος.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > having wings or fins > short-winged

brachypterous1842

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 163/1 Brachypterous, in Ornithology, when the folded wings of a bird do not reach to the base of the tail.

1939 Nature 15 Apr. 645/2 Ruwenzori provides numerous examples of species of insects which are either short winged (brachypterous) in the female or in both sexes... Apart from this phenomenon of ‘brachypterism’ no obvious cases of adaptation to mountain conditions among insects were noted.

brachypterism n.

Brit.

/brəˈkɪptərɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/brəˈkɪptəˌrɪz(ə)m/

the state or condition of being brachypterous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > state or condition of being short-winged

brachypterism1937

1937 Discovery Mar. 91/2 This brachypterism, as it is termed, occurs also in the Orthoptera and Rhynchota.

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brachytypous adj.

Brit.

/brəˈkɪtᵻpəs/

U.S.

/brəˈkɪdəpəs/

Mineralogy of a short form. [Probably after German brachytypes (1820 or earlier).]

Draft additions 1997

brachypellic adj.

Brit.

/ˌbrakᵻˈpɛlɪk/

U.S.

/ˌbrækiˈpɛlɪk/

Anatomy having or designating a pelvis whose anteroposterior diameter is much greater than its transverse diameter. [ < brachy- comb. form + ancient Greek πέλλα bowl (see discussion at mesatipellic adj.) + -ic suffix.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [adjective]

pelvic1799

android1879

mesatipellic1885

platypellic1885

intrapelvic1887

brachypellic1937

1937 H. Thoms in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 64 701/1 To these four types the following Greek derivatives lend themselves admirably..: (1) Dolichopellic type or anthropoid pelvis; (2) mesatipellic type or round pelvis; (3) brachypellic type or oval pelvis; (4) platypellic type or flat pelvis.

1937 H. Thoms in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 64 701/1 I have introduced the term brachypellic, which Turner did not employ, in order to reserve the term platypellic for those pelves which show marked anteroposterior flattening, i.e., a transverse diameter greatly in excess of the anteroposterior diameter.

1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) iii. 387/1 In one large series, children and males were found to be predominantly dolichopellic, females mostly mesati- and brachy-pellic.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	brachy-
释义	brachy-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin brachy-, Greek βραχυ-. Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin brachy- (in e.g. brachylogia brachylogy n.), and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek βραχυ-, combining form (in e.g. βραχυλογία brachylogy n.) of βραχύς short < the same Indo-European base as merry adj.Compare French brachy-, German brachy-. combining form of Greek βραχύς short. brachyblast n. Brit. /ˈbrakᵻblɑːst/ , /ˈbrakᵻblast/ , U.S. /ˈbrækəˌblæst/ , /ˈbrækiˌblæst/ = spur n.¹ 7a. [After German Brachyblast (1851 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > spur thumb1745 brachyblast1895 1895 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry IV. iii. ii. 402 The fungus [sc. larch-blister] can gain admission only through wounds, frequently of brachyblasts eaten by Coleophora laricella. brachycatalectic adj. Brit. /ˌbrakᵻkatəˈlɛktɪk/ , /ˌbrakᵻkatlˈɛktɪk/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˌkædəˈlɛktɪk/ Prosody wanting one foot or two syllables. [After post-classical Latin brachycatalecticus (5th cent.; < Hellenistic Greek βραχυκατάληκτος ); compare catalectic adj.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [adjective] > relating to or consisting of lines > lacking one foot or two syllables brachycatalectic1821 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 386 The ancients had no such verse as the Iambic trimeter brachycatalectic. brachyceral adj. Brit. /brəˈkɪs(ə)rəl/ , /brəˈkɪs(ə)rl̩/ , U.S. /brəˈkɪs(ə)rəl/ Entomology = brachycerous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae > having short antennae brachyceral1875 brachycerous1875 1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 107 Another brachyceral fly. brachycerous adj. Brit. /brəˈkɪs(ə)rəs/ , U.S. /brəˈkɪs(ə)rəs/ Entomology having short ‘horns’ or antennæ. [After scientific Latin Brachycerus, genus name (1789).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae > having short antennae brachyceral1875 brachycerous1875 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 283 The brachycerous Dipterans comprise..the Gad-flies. brachycranial adj. Brit. /ˌbrakᵻˈkreɪnɪəl/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˈkreɪniəl/ having a short cranium or head. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [adjective] > types short-headed1802 beloid1833 microcephalous1840 platycephalous1846 long-skulled1847 round-headed1847 brachycephalic1849 dolichocephalic1849 acrocephalic1855 megacephalous1857 microcephalic1857 cymbocephalic1861 macrocephalous1861 platycephalic1861 macrocephalic1863 phaenozygous1863 dolichocephalous1864 homoeocephalic1866 mecistocephalic1866 mecocephalic1866 mesocephalic1866 orthocephalic1866 stenocephalic1866 cryptozygous1867 megalocephalic1868 aphanozygous1871 brachycephalous1872 orthocephalous1872 mesaticephalic1873 plagiocephalic1873 plagiocephalic1874 mesaticephalous1876 mesorrhine1877 platyrrhine1877 cylindro-cephalic1878 eurycephalic1878 hypsistenocephalic1878 megaseme1878 mesoseme1878 microseme1878 oxycephalic1878 oxyklinocephalic1878 platybasic1878 pyrgocephalic1878 tapinocephalic1878 megacephalic1879 hypsiconchous1885 mesoconchous1885 chamaeprosopic1886 leptocephalic1886 mesorrhinian1887 long-headed1888 tectocephalic1888 mecistocephalous1890 megalocephalous1890 plagiocephalous1890 mesocephal1891 stegoid1894 brachycranial1902 chamaecephalic1902 chamaeconchic1902 chamaecranial1902 macrocranial1902 platycranial1902 stenocranial1904 mesoconch1905 mesoconchic1909 hypsiconch1920 Lapponoid1939 hypsiconchic1960 1902 Biometrika 1 462 In both races platycephaly is associated with brachycranial characters. 1907 Practitioner Aug. 318 Short-headed or brachycranial. brachydiagonal adj. Brit. /ˌbrakᵻdʌɪˈaɡ(ə)nl/ , /ˌbrakᵻdʌɪˈaɡn̩l/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˌdaɪˈæɡənəl/ Crystallography pertaining to the shorter lateral axis of a rectangular prism; also as n. [After German brachydiagonal (1823 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1837 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. App. i. 59 Its terminal edges are unequal: one may be called the macrodiagonal, the other the brachydiagonal [Ger. brachydiagonalen] terminal edge. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 119 In the direction of the..brachydiagonal it is hyacinth-red. brachydome n. Brit. /ˈbrakᵻdəʊm/ , U.S. /ˈbrækəˌdoʊm/ Crystallography a ‘dome’ or prism whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis. [After German Brachydom (1829 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) I. 42 Figure 105 contains planes..of two domes parallel to the shorter lateral axis, which are called brachydomes. brachyelytrous adj. Brit. /ˌbrakɪˈɛlᵻtrəs/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˈɛlətrəs/ see brachelytrous adj. brachymetropy n. Brit. /ˌbrakᵻˈmɛtrəpi/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˈmɛtrəpi/ near- or short-sightedness. [Compare German Brachymetropie (1860 or earlier).] brachypinacoid adj. Brit. /ˌbrakᵻˈpɪnəkɔɪd/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˈpɪnəˌkɔɪd/ (also brachypinakoid) Crystallography pertaining to either of the two planes which in the Orthorhombic system are parallel to the vertical and brachydiagonal axes respectively. [After German Brachypinakoid (1846 or earlier); compare pinacoid n.] ΚΠ 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 97 The cleavages, which are parallel to the base and brachypinakoid. brachypleural adj. Brit. /ˌbrakᵻˈplʊərəl/ , /ˌbrakᵻˈplʊərl̩/ , /ˌbrakᵻˈplɔːrəl/ , /ˌbrakᵻˈplɔːrl̩/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˈplʊrəl/ having short ribs. ΚΠ 1881 Academy 22 Oct. 315 Macropleural and brachypleural types. brachypterous adj. Brit. /brəˈkɪpt(ə)rəs/ , U.S. /brəˈkɪpt(ə)rəs/ short-winged: applied to certain species of diving-birds; also applied to insects. [After French brachyptère (1770 or earlier) < post-classical Latin brachypterus (1676 or earlier) < ancient Greek βραχύπτερος.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to limbs > relating to wings or fins > having wings or fins > short-winged brachypterous1842 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 163/1 Brachypterous, in Ornithology, when the folded wings of a bird do not reach to the base of the tail. 1939 Nature 15 Apr. 645/2 Ruwenzori provides numerous examples of species of insects which are either short winged (brachypterous) in the female or in both sexes... Apart from this phenomenon of ‘brachypterism’ no obvious cases of adaptation to mountain conditions among insects were noted. brachypterism n. Brit. /brəˈkɪptərɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /brəˈkɪptəˌrɪz(ə)m/ the state or condition of being brachypterous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > state or condition of being short-winged brachypterism1937 1937 Discovery Mar. 91/2 This brachypterism, as it is termed, occurs also in the Orthoptera and Rhynchota. 1939 Nature 15 Apr. 645/2 Ruwenzori provides numerous examples of species of insects which are either short winged (brachypterous) in the female or in both sexes... Apart from this phenomenon of ‘brachypterism’ no obvious cases of adaptation to mountain conditions among insects were noted. Categories » brachytypous adj. Brit. /brəˈkɪtᵻpəs/ , U.S. /brəˈkɪdəpəs/ Mineralogy of a short form. [Probably after German brachytypes (1820 or earlier).] Draft additions 1997 brachypellic adj. Brit. /ˌbrakᵻˈpɛlɪk/ , U.S. /ˌbrækiˈpɛlɪk/ Anatomy having or designating a pelvis whose anteroposterior diameter is much greater than its transverse diameter. [ < brachy- comb. form + ancient Greek πέλλα bowl (see discussion at mesatipellic adj.) + -ic suffix.] ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [adjective] pelvic1799 android1879 mesatipellic1885 platypellic1885 intrapelvic1887 brachypellic1937 1937 H. Thoms in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 64 701/1 To these four types the following Greek derivatives lend themselves admirably..: (1) Dolichopellic type or anthropoid pelvis; (2) mesatipellic type or round pelvis; (3) brachypellic type or oval pelvis; (4) platypellic type or flat pelvis. 1937 H. Thoms in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 64 701/1 I have introduced the term brachypellic, which Turner did not employ, in order to reserve the term platypellic for those pelves which show marked anteroposterior flattening, i.e., a transverse diameter greatly in excess of the anteroposterior diameter. 1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) iii. 387/1 In one large series, children and males were found to be predominantly dolichopellic, females mostly mesati- and brachy-pellic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < comb. form1821
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