Of, relating to, or resembling the gills of a fish, their homologous embryonic structures, or the derivatives of their homologous parts in higher animals: branchial muscles.
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Medical Dictionary:
bran·chi·al
(brăng'kē-əl)adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling the gills of a fish, their homologous embryonic structures, or the derivatives of their homologous parts in higher animals.
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branchial
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
Pertains to noun: branchia (meaning #1)
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- mesobranchial
- gill raker (vertebrate zoology)
- Diadematacea (echinodermata)
- Temnopleuroida (echinodermata)
- branchial pouch (zoology)
- branchiomere (embryology)
- branchiomeric musculature (vertebrate zoology)
- epibranchial (anatomy)
- holobranch (vertebrate zoology)
- meatal plate (embryology)
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