[
UK
/æksˈɪlɐ/
]
NOUN
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the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
they were up to their armpits in water
How To Use axilla In A Sentence
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- You could also use a digital thermometer to take an axillary temperature, although this is a less accurate method.
- Hence it is best when it can be recently taken from a patient in the disease; or otherwise it may be diluted with part of a drop of warm water, since its fluidity is likely to occasion its immediate absorption; and the wound should be made as small and superficial as possible, as otherwise ulcers have been supposed sometimes to ensue with subaxillary abscesses. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
- Corymbis et Cymi axillaribus et terminalibus pauci capitat. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
- In Caudipteryx, four procumbent teeth are present in each premaxilla, but the rest of the skull is edentulous. The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view
- Another feature of interest is the rarity with which axillary prolification is found in irregular gamopetalous blooms. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- To take the chain of speculation one step further, this suggests that the maxilla itself was originally a flat dermal plate of some kind, possibly homologous to the superognathal of placoderms.
- Some tweeze, wax, or shave hairs they don't care to have, whether they are in the axillary area, the legs, or on the face.
- The left maxilla preserves 13 tooth sockets, which are slightly larger than the premaxillary tooth sockets.
- Objective To evaluate and generalize the application of intermaxillary fixation screw in the jaw fracture.