axilla

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Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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

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 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

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 Duellman, William E.