/bray"kee euhl, brak"ee-/ , Anat., Zool.
adj.
1. belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
2. belonging to the upper part of such a member, from the shoulder to the elbow.
3. armlike, as an appendage.
n.
4. a brachial part or structure.
[ 1570-80; brachialis of, belonging to the arm. See BRACHI-, -AL 1 ]