axilla

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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 Duellman, William E.

In this country it is generally introduced into the axilla, and less frequently into the mouth, for the purpose of making an observation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

They are confined to no part of the body, but appear usually earliest and most abundantly upon the folds of the axilla and upon the abdomen.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The whole right arm, but principally the axilla, feels as if it had been dislocated by a blow.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

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 Cross, American Red