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
Etymology
Origin of axilla
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1610–20
Example Sentences
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Ventrolateral glands noticeably thickened, extending from axilla nearly to groin and only narrowly separated medially on chest.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by Duellman, William E.
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 Duellman, William E.
The thermometer seldom shows a temperature above 105°, but I have seen 106.5° recorded in the axilla in the hot stage of a paroxysm of simple intermittent fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In cases of average severity it rarely falls below 95° F. in the axilla.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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
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