Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or involving the arm and head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, of or pertaining both to the upper arm and to the head: as, the brachiocephalic (innominate) artery and veins.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
arm and thehead
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Type C (least common): The disconnection is after the innominate artery (sometimes called the brachiocephalic artery).
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The Veins of the Thorax (Fig. 577) The innominate veins (vv. anonymæ; brachiocephalic veins) are two large trunks, placed one on either side of the root of the neck, and formed by the union of the internal jugular and subclavian veins of the corresponding side; they are devoid of valves.
VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax 1918
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He showed that it represented the conflict of the brachiocephalic culture of the Wendic races with the dolichocephalic culture of the Alpine stock.
The Hohenzollerns in America Stephen Leacock 1906
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Abnormalities are very various and sometimes very dangerous: vessels crossing the trachea, as the innominate did in Macilwain's case, [129] or where two brachiocephalic trunks are present, as recorded by
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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The study showed that the greatest reduction of complications occurs when the brachiocephalic vein is selected.
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A chest computerized tomography (CT) revealed a 4.1 X 4.9 cm precarinal / pretracheal mass encircling the right brachiocephalic vein.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Gary V Walker and Michael C Peterson 2008
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