单词 | subaxillary |
释义 | subaxillaryadj.n. A. adj. 1. Zoology and Anatomy. Situated beneath the axilla.In Ornithology: = axillary adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adjective] > armpit axillary1615 axillar1651 subaxillary1689 alar1810 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > beneath the shoulder subaxillary1769 1689 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies i. 65/1 The other at a little distance enters the External Jugular: To which another Lymphatick Vessel..joyns it self from the Subaxillary Glandules [L. ex glandulis subaxillaribus]. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 304 Together with an inflammation and tumefaction of the lymphatic subaxillary glands. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) II. ii. 500 The subaxillary feathers [of the eared grebe]. 1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Dec. 1347/2 This was followed by..an acute stitch-like pain in the subaxillary region. 1923 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 36 135 A female [Evening Bat]..had young, as the single pair of subaxillary mammae showed signs of being used. 1998 Clin. Infectious Dis. 26 1111/2 Subcutaneous patches are usually placed in the..axillary area via anteroposterior incision in the left subaxillary region. 2. Botany. Arising from or situated beneath an axil. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > situated in or near axil supra-axillary1760 axillary1786 subaxillary1809 axillar1831 axillant1883 1809 Philos. Trans. Abridged 1770–6 (Royal Soc.) 13 419 Fascicles solitary, alternate,..subaxillary. 1860 J. D. Hooker Bot. Antarctic Voy. III. i. 143 Prostrate or climbing, alternate-leaved herbs, with subaxillary tendrils, and axillary unisexual flowers. 1895 Garden & Forest 18 Sept. 376/2 The loose, subaxillary panicles produce from twenty to thirty blue flowers with large yellow anthers. 1942 T. H. Kearney & R. H. Peebles Flowering Plants Arizona (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 186 Flowers nodding, axillary or subaxillary. 1977 Kew Bull. 32 253 Flowers sessile in terminal or rarely axillary or subaxillary heads of 2–6 or more flowers. 2005 Novon 15 282/1 The genus..can usually be recognized by its subaxillary umbelliform cymes and flowers with a double corona. Ornithology. Usually in plural. An axillary feather. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > other specific types drivings1682 whisker1752 subaxillary1820 accessory plume1835 flake-feather1837 filoplume1867 penna1871 thread-feather1872 deck-feather1879 streamer1879 racket1887 afterfeather1937 1820 Encycl. Londinensis XVII. 768 (caption) The Parts of Birds will be better understood by inspecting the annexed Engraving... s, the scapulars ; t, sub-axillaries ; w, inner wing-coverts. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Subaxillary n. In ornith., same as axillar or axillary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1689 |
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