| brachypodous | Having abnormally short feet. Origin: brachy-+ G. Pous, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
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| brachyprosopic | Having a disproportionately short face. Synonym: brachyfacial. Origin: brachy-+ G. Prosopikos, facial (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachyptera | <zoology> A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Short-winged; short + feather, wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brachypteres | <ornithology> A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins. Origin: NL. See Brachyptera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brachypterous | <zoology> Having short wings. Origin: Gr.,cf. F. Brachyptere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brachyrhinia | Abnormal shortness of the nose. Origin: brachy-+ G. Rhis, nose (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachyrhynchus | Abnormal shortness of the nose and maxilla, often associated with cyclopia. Origin: brachy-+ G. Rhynchos, snout (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachyskelic | Relating to abnormally short legs. Origin: brachy-+ G. Skelos, leg (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachystaphyline | Having a short palate; having a palatomaxillary index above 85. Origin: brachy-+ G. Staphyle, uvula (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachystochrone | <mathematics> A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid. Origin: Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. Shortest (superl. Of short) + time: cf. F. Brachistochrone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brachysyndactyly | Abnormal shortness of fingers or toes combined with a webbing between the adjacent digits. Origin: brachy-+ syndactyly (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachytelephalangia | Abnormal shortness of the distal phalanges. Origin: brachy-+ G. Telos, end, + phalanx (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachytherapy | A type of radiation therapy is which radioactive materials are placed in direct contact with the tissue being treated. (16 Dec 1997) |
| brachytype | <chemical> A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz. Origin: Endo- + Gr. Form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brachytypous | <chemical> Of a short form. Origin: Gr. Short + stamp, form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brachytherapy |
(BRAKE-ih-THER-a-pee) A procedure in which radioactive material sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters is placed directly into or near a tumor. Also called internal radiation, implant radiation, or interstitial radiation therapy.
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| brachiation |
A method of locomotion involving movement by swinging from one handhold to another
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| brachial |
Relating to the Arm.
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| brachium |
L. from Gr. brachion, arm. Brachium conjunctivurn, brachium of inferior colliculus, brachium of superior colliculus.
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| brachiation |
Mode of arboreal locomotion defined by arm-over-arm swinging Table of locomotor strategies
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