brachi-, brachio-
(Greek: arm [especially the upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow])
Brachiosaurus
Means “arm lizard” from Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Colorado, USA; Algeria; and Tanzania (where a complete skeleton was found). Named by Elmer S. Riggs (1859-1963) in 1903.
Brachiosaurus, Brachiosaur
A genus of huge dinosaurs, with the forelegs longer than the hind legs; also, an animal of this genus.
brachiothoraco-omphaloischiopagus
Conjoined twins joined from the forearms and shoulder to the pelvis.
brachiotomy
The surgical removal of an arm, especially of a fetal arm to effect delivery. The procedure is considered to be obsolete.
cervicobrachial
Pertaining to the neck and the arm.
cervicobrachialgia
1. Pain in the neck and the arm.
2. A neuralgia in which pain extends from the cervical region to the arms or fingers.
cheirobrachialgia, chirobrachialgia
Pain and paresthesia in the hand and arm; considered obsolete.
dibrachia
embrace, embraceable
To hug someone in one's arms fondly, or to hug each other fondly.
fascia brachii, brachial fascia
The deep fascia of the arm; it is continuous proximally with the pectoral fascia and the fascia covering the deltoid; distally it is continuous with the antebrachial fascia.
macrobrachia
1. A condition of having abnormally thick or long arms.
2. An abnormal size or length of an arm or arms.
microbrachia
An abnormal smallness of the arms.
monobrachia
nudibrachiate
A reference to polyps that have arms or tentacles which are not covered with cilia.
perobrachius
A fetus, or postnatal individual, with congenitally malformed, or deformed, upper limbs; such as, the hands or hands and forearms.
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