| breve | 1. A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus:), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; formerly much used for choir service. 2. Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court. 3. A curved mark [<breve/] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel. 4. <zoology> The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail. Origin: It. & (in sense 2) LL. Breve, fr. L. Brevis short. See Brief. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| caput breve | For a muscle with two heads of origin (a "biceps" muscle), the head originating nearest the insertion. See: short head of biceps brachii muscle, short head of biceps femoris muscle. Synonym: caput breve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| caput breve musculi bicipitis brachii | <anatomy> Head of biceps brachii originating from coracoid process of scapula. Synonym: caput breve musculi bicipitis brachii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caput breve musculi bicipitis femoris | <anatomy> Part of biceps femoris originating from linea aspera of distal half of femur. Synonym: caput breve musculi bicipitis femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vinculum breve | A triangular band that extends from the dorsal surface of each of the flexor tendons of a digit to the capsule of the nearby interphalangeal joint and to the phalanx proximal to the insertion of the tendon. Synonym: vinculum breve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crus breve incudis | The short crus of incus; the process of the incus that fits into a depression (fossa incudis) in the epitympanic recess. Synonym: crus breve incudis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| os breve | One whose dimensions are approximately equal; it consists of a layer of cortical substance enclosing spongy substance and narrow. Compare: long bone. Synonym: os breve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Flavobacterium breve | A species found in sewage; pathogenic for laboratory animals. (05 Mar 2000) |