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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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
It most generally extends to the left axilla, and down the arm to the fingers; as variations it sometimes affects the right axilla and the back of the head.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
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
Flanks dark brown with pale blue spots in axilla and groin and bluish white flecks on mid-flank.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Her arms were elevated and kept from her body by the fat in her axillae.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
At the same time she had in both axillae glandular tumors as large as the head of a fetus.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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
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