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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of axilla
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1610–20
Example Sentences
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The temperature in the axilla is normally about half a degree lower than in the mouth.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
Ventrolateral glands moderately developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly separated midventrally.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
In 2 cases only did the thermometer in the axilla reach 105°.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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
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 Duellman, William E.
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