Axilla

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The armpit.
  • n. A body part analogous to the armpit, such as the hollow under a bird's wing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
  • n. Alternative form of axil.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
  • n. An axil.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy, the armpit; a region of the body in the recess between the upper arm (or in birds the upper part of the wing) and the side of the chest beneath the shoulder.
  • n. In botany, same as axil, 2.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cavum    cavity    bodily cavity   
    Cross Reference
    axilla thermometer   
    Variant
    axillae   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    axil   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    axillae    plexis    supercargo    kneecap    viz    laparotomy    jawline    anaesthetist    horse-trader    testicle   
     
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