axilla
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Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Mrs. D., aged thirty-six, prolonged suppuration due to abscess of the axilla; nine months' standing.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
The axilla, groin, anterior and posterior surfaces of the thighs, ventral surfaces of the hind limbs, and webbing on the hands and feet were tomato red.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by William E. Duellman
It is a familiar fact that the difference of temperature in cholera when taken in the rectum and the axilla may be 4° F., or even more than this.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
It most generally extends to the left axilla, and down the arm to the fingers; as variations it sometimes affects the right axilla and the back of the head.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz
Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Another remedy from Journal of Nursing is this: "Zinc oxide" applied to axillae twice a week, after bathing at night, will dissipate the odor.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Harriet Camp Lounsbery
You specify the axillae and the front region of the chest and lower part of scapulae: now, these are all hairy spots in man.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
During menstruation, hyperidrosis of the axillae diffuses an aromatic odor similar to that of acids or chloroform, and in suppression of menses, according to the Ephemerides, the odor is as of hops.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Their complexion varies from reddish-yellow to brownish-black, with head-hair often of a russet-brown, and body-hair, black and bristly on upper lip, chin, chest, axillae and pubes, yellowish and fleecy on cheeks, back and limbs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
