noun
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the technical name for the armpit
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the area on the undersurface of a bird's wing corresponding to the armpit
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Etymology
Origin of axilla
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1610–20
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In the cold stage it is not uncommon for a difference of temperature to be noted of nearly ten degrees between the axilla and the rectum.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
A pressure made on the brachial vein and its branches by scirrhous glands in the axilla, is a common cause of this state.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
A dark stripe extends from the nostril to the eye and thence posteriorly to a point between the axilla and groin.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
Ventrolateral glands noticeably thickened, extending from axilla nearly to groin and only narrowly separated midventrally on chest; skin of anterior part of chin thickened and glandular.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.
From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Edward Jenner
Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
He had evidences of a beard and his axillae were very hairy; it is said he could with ease lift a man weighing 140 pounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
An extensive area of the throat, breast, axillae, median belly, and inguinal region is covered by hairs pure white to the skin.
From A New Subspecies of Wood Rat (Neotoma mexicana) from Colorado by Robert B. Finley
You specify the axillae and the front region of the chest and lower part of scapulae: now, these are all hairy spots in man.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
Ash reported the case of a girl named Annie Jackson, living in Waterford, Ireland, who had horny excrescences from her joints, arms, axillae, nipples, ears, and forehead.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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