axilla

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Temperatures taken in the axilla are less accurate than those taken by mouth or rectum.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red

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

He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.

From An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox by Jenner, Edward

It most generally extends to the left axilla, and down the arm to the fingers; as variations it sometimes affects the right axilla and the back of the head.

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

Lumbar glands are longer than broad, at least one third the distance from axilla to groin, lateral and usually high, and often conspicuous and protuberant.

From A New Species of Frog (Genus Tomodactylus) from Western Mexico by Webb, Robert G.