| brawny | Having large, strong muscles; muscular; fleshy; strong. "Brawny limbs." Synonym: Muscular, fleshy, strong, bulky, sinewy, athletic, stalwart, powerful, robust. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| brawny arm | A swollen arm caused by lymphedema, particularly after homolateral radical mastectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brawny oedema | Swelling of subcutaneous tissues which cannot be indented by compression easily. Usually due to metabolic abnormality, such as increased glycosaminoglycan content, like that which occurs in Graves' disease (pretibial myxoedema) or in early phase of scleroderma. Synonym: brawny oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brawny scleritis | A gelatinous-appearing swelling surrounding the cornea with a tendency to involve the periphery of the cornea. Synonym: gelatinous scleritis. (05 Mar 2000) |