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Orad vs Brad - What's the difference?

orad | brad |

As adjectives the difference between orad and brad

is that orad is (anatomy) located towards the oral opening (the mouth) while brad is sudden, fast, busy, full of hurry.

As an adverb orad

is (anatomy) towards the oral opening (the mouth).

orad

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Located towards the oral opening (the mouth).
  • * 1931 , William Arthur Parks, Collected Papers , Volume 3, page 86,
    • The sutures of four septa are exposed; the most orad of these can be traced with a fair degree of accuracy throughout almost its entire course.
  • * 2001 , Leonard R. Johnson, Gastrointestinal Physiology , page 63,
    • The frequency of segmenting contractions is higher in the descending and sigmoid colon than in more orad areas.
  • * 2006 , Sara J. Busch, Small Animal Surgical Nursing: Skills and Concepts , page 270,
    • The endoscope is advanced to its most orad (toward the mouth) limit and then slowly withdrawn so that the mucosa can be thoroughly examined.

    Antonyms

    * (located toward the mouth) aboral

    Coordinate terms

    * (sense) caudad, ventral

    Adverb

  • (anatomy) Towards the oral opening (the mouth).
  • * 1998 , Tadataka Yamada, et al.'', ''Handbook of Gastroenterology , page 228,
    • The most common symptom of GERD is heartburn, which is described as substernal burning that moves orad from the xiphoid.
  • * 1999 , D. Michael Denbow, 12: Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology'', G. Causey Whittow (editor), ''Sturkie's Avian Physiology , page 307,
    • Beginning 8 to 10 sec prior to egestion, the pellet is moved orad by esophageal antiperistalsis.
  • * 2012 , Neeraj Sharma, Janice Freeman, 8: Esophageal Manometry'', Joel E. Richter, Donald O. Castell (editors), ''The Esophagus , page 179,
    • This is due to the UES moving completely off the sensor as it moves orad with the swallow.

    Antonyms

    * (towards the mouth) aborad

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    brad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 5:
    • Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.
  • A , a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

    • Derived terms

    * bradawl

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) ----