axilla
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Ventrolateral glands weakly developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly separated midventrally.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
A dark stripe extends from the nostril to the eye and thence posteriorly to a point between the axilla and groin.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.
From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Edward Jenner
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
Ventrolateral glands moderately developed, not reaching axilla or groin and broadly separated midventrally.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
Countered another scientist: What about "man's retention of abundant tufts in the axillae and pubic regions?"
From Time Magazine Archive
He had evidences of a beard and his axillae were very hairy; it is said he could with ease lift a man weighing 140 pounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
At the same time she had in both axillae glandular tumors as large as the head of a fetus.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
All the cows and the servants employed in milking had the cow-pox; but this woman, though she had several sores upon her fingers, felt no tumours in the axillae, nor any general indisposition.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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
