Definition of Axillas

1. axilla [n] - See also: axilla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Axillas

axillary hairs
axillary line
axillary lymph nodes
axillary nerve
axillary nerve injury
axillary neuropathy
axillary node
axillary plexus
axillary region
axillary sheath
axillary space
axillary sweat glands
axillary thermometer
axillary triangle
axillary vein
axillas (current term)
axils
axing
axinite
axinites
axino
axinomancy
axinos
axio-
axio-occlusal
axiobuccal
axiobuccogingival
axioelectric
axioincisal

Literary usage of Axillas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Comparative Study of Temperature Fluctuations in Different Parts of the by Edgar P. Slack, Francis Gano Benedict (1911)
"The temperature curves for the axillas show, first, the long time ... A thermometer was also used in each of the axillas and one between the breasts, ..."

2. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Stem twining, sparingly pubescent, with a hairy cushion in the axillas between ... hispid or pubescent, most so in the axillas. Leaves ovato- or elliptic« ..."

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