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Axilla   Listen
Axilla

noun
(pl. axillae)
1.
The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder.  Synonyms: armpit, axillary cavity, axillary fossa.



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"Axilla" Quotes from Famous Books



... urine as it leaves the urethra may be of use. More usually the temperature is taken in the mouth, axilla or groin. ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 • Various
... out-of-the-way place, where an old man, perched on a tree or some rising ground, through the means of a musical instrument made of a deal-board and human hair, announced that the rite is in process of performance, so that neither women nor children might approach. Tufts of moss are placed in the axilla and on the pubis, to represent puberty, and among some tribes the skin of the penis is divided to the scrotum with a stone knife, while others content themselves with simply making a circular incision, ...
— History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present - Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance • Peter Charles Remondino


Words linked to "Axilla" :   cavity, bodily cavity, shoulder, cavum


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