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Origin of axilla1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of axilla1
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Example Sentences
He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.
His right hand had only one small sore upon it, and no tumour discovered itself in the corresponding axilla.
He employed the thermometer in the axilla in examining his cases, as did the iatrophysicists of the previous century.
The spots chosen are the cavity of the axilla, corresponding with our armpit, and the crease where the thigh joins the belly.
The long thoracic nerve may be cut across while clearing out the axilla in operating for cancer of the breast.
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