Brachy Health Dictionary

Brachy: From 1 Different Sources

combining form denoting shortness. Example: brachydactylia (shortness of the fingers or toes).

Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

See interstitial radiotherapy.... brachytherapy

Making the heart beat slower... brachycardiac

Brachycephalic means short-headed and is a term applied to skulls the breadth of which is at least four-?fths of the length.... brachycephalic

The conditions in which the ?ngers or toes are abnormally short.... brachydactyly

Vahl ex DC.

Synonym: C. vahliana Farsen.

Family: Capparidaceae.

Habitat: Northwestern Rajasthan, Punjab plains and Delhi.

Unani: Panwaar.

Folk: Madhio (Rajasthan).

Action: Anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, antidermatosis (used in scabies, also in leucoderma).

The plant contains trinortriterpe- noids and cabralealactone, besides ur- solic acid.... cleome brachycarpa

n. shortness of the skull, with a *cephalic index of about 80. —brachycephalic adj.... brachycephaly