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‖ axilla|ækˈsɪlə| Pl. -æ. [L., = armpit; dim. of *axula, whence āla: cf. axle1. Common in late L. in form ascella.] 1. An armpit.
1616A. Read Body of Man 152 The backe part of the shoulder top, called axilla. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. I. 113 The eruption appears on the..borders of the axillæ. 2. = axil.
1830Lindley Syst. Bot. 247 Leaf-buds..in every axilla. |