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View synonyms for axilla
axilla
/ ækˈsɪlə /
noun
- the technical name for the armpit
- the area on the undersurface of a bird's wing corresponding to the armpit
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Word History and Origins
Origin of axilla1
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1610–20
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Word History and Origins
Origin of axilla1
C17: from Latin: armpit
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Example Sentences
He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.
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His right hand had only one small sore upon it, and no tumour discovered itself in the corresponding axilla.
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He employed the thermometer in the axilla in examining his cases, as did the iatrophysicists of the previous century.
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The spots chosen are the cavity of the axilla, corresponding with our armpit, and the crease where the thigh joins the belly.
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The long thoracic nerve may be cut across while clearing out the axilla in operating for cancer of the breast.
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