Branchial

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Of, relating to, or resembling the gills of a fish, their homologous embryonic structures, or the derivatives of their homologous parts in mammals. adjective

Of or pertaining to the branchiæ or gills; or, in animals which have no gills properly so called, of or pertaining to the parts considered homologous with gills, as, in a bird or mammal, parts of the third postoral visceral arch, or of any visceral arch behind the hyoidean.

Performed by means of branchiæ: as, branchial respiration; a branchial function.

In Crustacea, a cavity or space inclosed by the branchiostegite or gill-cover (formed by a free pleural part of the carapace), and bounded internally by the epimera of the branchiferous somites.

Of or pertaining to branchiæ or gills. adjective

The bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix. adjective

The openings between the branchial arches through which water passes. adjective

Of, pertaining to or resembling gills adjective

Of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) adjective

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Words that are spelled similarly to branchial:
branchial, bronchial, brachial, branchia, abranchial, branchiae, bracchia, brachia, branching, bronchia, branchiate, branchi, branchio, rachial, branchio-, branchie.

Adjectives that are often used to describe branchial:
first, second, fourth, third, efferent, external, internal, anterior, posterior, hyoid, short, active, fifth, separate, basi, 1st, 4th, 2nd, afferent, larval, membranous, premier, proper, inner.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective branchial:
arch, arches, cyst, sac, chamber, cysts, cleft, region, cavity, artery, apparatus, groove, pouch, basket, anomalies, aperture, skeleton, fistula, clefts, hearts, syndrome, heart, lamellae, vein, nerve, filaments, sinus, arteries, siphon, vessel, respiration, origin, membrane, rays, epithelium, plate, opening, circulation, musculature, nerves, vessels, remnants, pouches, muscles, apertures, plumes, cartilage, regions, derivatives, orifice, organs, grooves, sinuses, fistulas, fistulae, formula, crown, openings, cartilages, plume, syndromes, appendages, organ, ganglion, lamella, sack, defects, gut, fig, sacs, bar, mesoderm, bodies, veins, plexus, branch, slits, wall, mesenchyme, fibers, plates, appendage, septum, ganglia, motor, chambers, laminae, trunk, uptake, tentacles, abnormalities, septa, cavities, bars.

Consonant match to branchial:
bronchial.

Words that sound like branchial:
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