brachy
noun/ˈbɹæki/
Etymology Mostly clippings of various scientific terms prefixed with brachy- (short), from the Ancient Greek βραχύ (brakhú).
- In fact over 80 percent of brachys need caesarean sections because they can't give birth properly.“Britain's top vet wants you to avoid cute dogs”, in Newsbeat, BBC, 13 March 2017
- Indications to include the distal third of the vagina include: unfavorable histology when treating with chemo + brachy only and vaginal recurrence.2013, John Suh, Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide, Demos Medical Publishing,, →ISBN, page 413:
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Orthography, Printing, Publishing, Writing A breve, as applied to Ancient Greek <˘>.