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AXILLA
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Irregular inflected form: axillae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
Example:
they were up to their armpits in water
Synonyms:
armpit; axilla; axillary cavity; axillary fossa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("axilla" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Meronyms (parts of "axilla"):
arteria axillaris; axillary artery (the part of the main artery of the arm that lies in the armpit and is continuous with the subclavian artery above and the brachial artery below)
Holonyms ("axilla" is a part of...):
shoulder (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)
Derivation:
axillary (of or relating to the armpit)
Context examples:
Surgical removal of the lymph nodes located in the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the thorax, or axilla (armpit).
(Axillary lymph node dissection, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the structures of the axilla.
(Axillary Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the structures of the axilla.
(Non-Neoplastic Axillary Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A nerve originated from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus within the axilla then passing through the quadrangular space to innervate the deltoid and teres minor muscles and terminating as the superior lateral brachial cutaneous nerve.
(Axillary Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)
