axilla

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Leaf and stem of Horse-chestnut, showing axil Axil, or Axilla, in botany, the angle between the upper side of a leaf and the stem or branch from which it springs.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

Mass of Tuberculous Glands removed from Axilla 333 79.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis