different between antebrachial vs brachial

English

Etymology

From antebrachium +? -al, ante- +? brachial.

Adjective

antebrachial (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) relating to the forearm

Translations

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bre?k??l/, /?bræk??l/

Adjective

brachial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining or belonging to the arm.
2. Of the nature of an arm.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

brachial (plural brachials)

1. (zoology) Denoting the upper valve of a brachiopod's shell
   • 1950, Austin Hobart Clark, A monograph of the existing crinoids (page 33)

     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 […]

   • 1997, Gary D. Webster, David D. Gillette, Lower Carboniferous Echinoderms from Northern Utah and Western Wyoming (page 14)

     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.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?a.kjal/

Adjective

brachial (feminine singular brachiale, masculine plural brachiaux, feminine plural brachiales)

1. brachial

Related terms

• bras

Further reading

• “brachial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). The common sense from the use of the arms as a means of violence, as in a fist fight; probably reinforced by the phonetic similarity with brechen (“to break”, compare past tense brach).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bra?xi?a?l/, [b?a??ja?l], [b?a.?i?a?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

brachial (comparative brachialer, superlative am brachialsten)

1. fierce, violent, brute, unscrupulous (force, methods, attacks etc.)
2. (medicine) brachial (pertaining to the arm)

   Synonym: Arm-

Declension

Derived terms

• Brachialgewalt

Further reading

• “brachial” in Duden online