brachy

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See also: brachy-

English

Etymology

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Mostly clippings of various scientific terms prefixed with brachy- (short), from the Ancient Greek βραχύ (brakhú).

Pronunciation

Noun

brachy (plural brachys)

  1. (informal) Clipping of brachycephalic.
    • “Britain's top vet wants you to avoid cute dogs”, in Newsbeat, BBC, 2017 March 13
      In fact over 80 percent of brachys need caesarean sections because they can't give birth properly.
  2. (informal) Clipping of brachytherapy.
    • 2013, John Suh, Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide, Demos Medical Publishing,, →ISBN, page 413:
      Indications to include the distal third of the vagina include: unfavorable histology when treating with chemo + brachy only and vaginal recurrence.
  3. (informal) Clipping of Brachyrhaphis.
  4. (orthography, printing) A breve, as applied to Ancient Greek <˘>.

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

brachy m anim

  1. accusative/instrumental plural of brach