brachial meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

brachial

adj

/ˈbɹeɪkɪəl/ · /ˈbɹækɪəl/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.

Pertaining or belonging to the arm.

Of the nature of an arm.

Derived terms: antebrachial, brachial artery, brachialgia, brachially, brachial plexus, cervicobrachial, coracobrachial, faciobrachial, interbrachial, intercostobrachial, intrabrachial, monobrachial, parabrachial, postbrachial, prebrachial, scapulobrachial, spinobrachial, transbrachial

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of brachialis.

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Denoting the upper valve of a brachiopod's shell

The first brachials are somewhat broader than long and are not entirely in contact interiorly. The second brachials are squarish. The first and most of the second brachials bear spines […]1950, Austin Hobart Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids, page 33:
Cup conical, weakly developed basal flange, six arms per ray, one exotomous branching, all brachials biserial within two to five brachials of branching, cup ornamentation probably striae radiating from base of arms onto basals.1997, Gary D. Webster, David D. Gillette, Lower Carboniferous Echinoderms from Northern Utah and Western Wyoming, page 14: