axilla
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Ventrolateral glands well developed, reaching axilla and groin and narrowly separated on chest.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William E. Duellman
In most cases the heat in the axilla exceeds 103°, and may even mount up to 105°.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The temperature in the axilla is normally about half a degree lower than in the mouth.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by American Red Cross
Intense brown and black pigment forms fine reticulations delimiting bold blue spots on the flanks; this coloration extends to the axilla in many specimens.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
Ventrolateral glands noticeably thickened, extending from axilla nearly to groin and only narrowly separated medially on chest.
From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V 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
Ash reported the case of a girl named Annie Jackson, living in Waterford, Ireland, who had horny excrescences from her joints, arms, axillae, nipples, ears, and forehead.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Later on in the history of the plague the inflammatory boils and buboes in the groins and axillae were recognized at once as prognosticating a fatal issue.
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
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