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 medially on chest.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by William E. Duellman
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
In this country it is generally introduced into the axilla, and less frequently into the mouth, for the purpose of making an observation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.
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
The skin on the flanks, especially the axilla, is areolate.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
All the cows and the servants employed in milking had the cow-pox; but this woman, though she had several sores upon her fingers, felt no tumours in the axillae, nor any general indisposition.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
He had evidences of a beard and his axillae were very hairy; it is said he could with ease lift a man weighing 140 pounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The posterior part of the trunk, the axillae, the sclerotic coats of the eyes, the nails, and the skin of the head remained in their natural state and preserved their natural color.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
During menstruation, hyperidrosis of the axillae diffuses an aromatic odor similar to that of acids or chloroform, and in suppression of menses, according to the Ephemerides, the odor is as of hops.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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