adjective
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of, relating to, or near the armpit
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botany growing in or related to the axil
an axillary bud
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Mr Flack said that transection of the left axillary artery – the main artery to the arm – was also a contributory cause to her death.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
More than one-third of patients who underwent axillary dissection were found to have additional metastases than the maximum two in the sentinel lymph nodes.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
As it passes through the body wall and enters the thorax, the axillary vein becomes the subclavian vein.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Apocrine sweat glands in the axillary and genital areas release fatty secretions that local bacteria break down; this causes body odor.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Flowers axillary, solitary.—A tropical family, excepting the following genus:— 1.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Description.—Black; large alar speculum, axillaries, and under wing-coverts white; bill pale yellow; feet brown: total length 5·8 inches, wing 2·9, tail 2·5.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
The bright yellow of the edge of the wings, under coverts and axillaries is seldom seen, on account of the extreme wariness of the bird.
From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
This closely allied representative of the Golden Plover of Europe, from which it is distinguishable mainly by its rather larger size and smoky-grey axillaries, visits South America in autumn.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Description.—Silky black, washed with purple; wings and tail with a slight greenish gloss; a chestnut spot on the axillaries; bill and feet black: whole length 8·0 inches, wing 4·5, tail 3·3.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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