axillary

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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

If the apical bud is removed, then the axillary buds will start forming lateral branches.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The cephalic vein begins in the antebrachium and drains blood from the superficial surface of the arm into the axillary vein.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Seeds very flat.—Twining, climbing, or sometimes upright perennial herbs or shrubs, with alternate leaves and lateral or axillary greenish or lurid-purple flowers.

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