axillary

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The site of inflammation with this vaccine is your deltoid muscle, which is going to drain to your axillary lymph node, so the lymph nodes in your armpits.

From Salon

“As more information about the incidence and appearance of axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination becomes available, it may be appropriate to change the duration of follow-up or final assessment recommendations,” the society said.

From Washington Post

Oberg has previously dealt with an axillary artery thrombosis, more commonly known as blood clots.

From Washington Times

It was “preferable because it provides survival equivalent to total mastectomy and axillary dissection while preserving the breast”.

From The Guardian

Scientists in recent years have shown that many East Asians, a group that includes China’s ethnic Han majority, have a gene that lowers the likelihood of a strong “human axillary odor” — scientist-speak for body stink.

From New York Times