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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His right hand had only one small sore upon it, and no tumour discovered itself in the corresponding axilla.
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
Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Ventrolateral glands weakly developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly separated midventrally.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
Temperatures taken in the axilla are less accurate than those taken by mouth or rectum.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by American Red Cross
Supposing the arm to have been inoculated, the lymphatic glands of the axilla now become swollen and tender, but their suppuration is unusual, and is to be regarded as a complication.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Another remedy from Journal of Nursing is this: "Zinc oxide" applied to axillae twice a week, after bathing at night, will dissipate the odor.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Harriet Camp Lounsbery
There was some hair in the axillae and on the pubes, but only the slightest down on the scalp, and even that was absent on the skin.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Their complexion varies from reddish-yellow to brownish-black, with head-hair often of a russet-brown, and body-hair, black and bristly on upper lip, chin, chest, axillae and pubes, yellowish and fleecy on cheeks, back and limbs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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