brachyo-, brachy-, -brachy, -brach

(Greek: short, shortness, small [also expressed as "slow"])

Used in the sense of "abnormally small, short".

amphibrach

1. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables; for example, remember.
2. A trisyllabic foot, the arrangement of the syllables of which is short, long, short in quantitative meter, or unstressed, stressed, unstressed in accentual meter; therefore, together is an accentual amphibrach.

brachycardia

brachycephalic

brachycephalous

brachycephaly

brachydactyl

A description of the abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.

brachydactylia

Abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.

brachydactylic

Characterized by an abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.

brachydactylous

A reference to an abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.

brachydactyly

Abnormal shortness of the fingers; or short, stubby fingers and toes.

brachydont

brachydontia

brachyglossal

Referring to an abnormally short tongue.

brachygnathous

brachygraphic

Referring to an abbreviated, symbolic writing method which improves the speed of writing or brevity as compared to a normal method of writing a language.

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brachyo-, brachy-, -brachy, -brach

(Greek: short, shortness, small [also expressed as "slow"])

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