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axillary

[ak-suh-ler-ee] / ˈæk səˌlɛr i /
ADJECTIVE
winged
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Mr Flack said that transection of the left axillary artery – the main artery to the arm – was also a contributory cause to her death.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024

More than one-third of patients who underwent axillary dissection were found to have additional metastases than the maximum two in the sentinel lymph nodes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

An axillary bud is usually found in the axil—the area between the base of a leaf and the stem—where it can give rise to a branch or a flower.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Even humans are thought to respond to certain pheromones called axillary steroids.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Stamens 4, included in the tube of the corolla.—Whitish-woolly bitter-aromatic perennials, branched at the base, with rugose and crenate or cut leaves, and many-flowered axillary whorls.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa




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