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Synonyms for axilla

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ak-sil-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ækˈsɪl ə


Définition of axilla

  • As in armpit : noun underarm
Example sentences :
  • The empty glenoid may sometimes be palpated from the axilla.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. » by Alexander Miles
  • The conformation of the region of the axilla was quite peculiar.
  • Extract from : « The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae » by Frederick True
  • In the axilla of the pectoral there are four or five pale round spots.
  • Extract from : « Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. » by J Lort Stokes
  • A pressure made on the brachial vein and its branches by scirrhous glands in the axilla, is a common cause of this state.
  • Extract from : « North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 » by Various
  • This murmur may be transmitted out into the axilla and be heard at the inferior angle of the left scapula.
  • Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
  • Axil, or Axilla, in botany, the angle between the upper side of a leaf and the stem or branch from which it springs.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 » by Various
  • One of these balls lodged in the inner part of the right arm, below the axilla, whence the writer excised it.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds » by Thomas Longmore
  • The ball, together with a piece of cloth, was excised in front, two inches above and internal to the fold of the axilla.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds » by Thomas Longmore
  • Flanks dark brown with pale blue spots in axilla and groin and bluish white flecks on mid-flank.
  • Extract from : « Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca » by William E. Duellman
  • He employed the thermometer in the axilla in examining his cases, as did the iatrophysicists of the previous century.
  • Extract from : « An Epitome of the History of Medicine » by Roswell Park

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