axilla
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The thermometer seldom shows a temperature above 105°, but I have seen 106.5° recorded in the axilla in the hot stage of a paroxysm of simple intermittent fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
This murmur may be transmitted out into the axilla and be heard at the inferior angle of the left scapula.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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
There is no dark post-tympanic mark, but dark brown pigment forms a venated pattern from the axilla to the mid-flank; the inguinal region is white, finely mottled with dark brown.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
The axilla, groin, anterior and posterior surfaces of the thighs, ventral surfaces of the hind limbs, and webbing on the hands and feet were tomato red.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America 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
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
The posterior part of the trunk, the axillae, the sclerotic coats of the eyes, the nails, and the skin of the head remained in their natural state and preserved their natural color.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Gardiner describes a mulatto woman who had four mammae, two of which were near the axillae, about four inches in circumference, with proportionate sized nipples.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The injury they do to flowers is comparatively trifling; though, like the Guinea-fowl, they are great eaters of buds, cutting them out cleanly from the axillae of leaves.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
