Etymology · Ancient Greek
βραχύς
6 English words descend from Ancient Greek βραχύς, most common first.
- brachytherapyRadiotherapy using radioactive sources positioned within (or close to) the treatment volume, typically with radiopharmaceuticals as opposed to external-beam sources.
- brachiologiabrevity in speech.
- brachy-short, brief
- brachygraphyA system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
- brachyologyA figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good morning!" (resulting in the abbreviated greeting "morning!").
- brachysmUnusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.