Axilla: The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, better known as the armpit.
The word "axilla" was borrowed directly from the Latin. To the Romans, as to us, the axilla was just the armpit.
axilla /ax·il·la/ (ak-sil´ah) pl. axil´lae [L.] the armpit.ax´illary. ax·il·la (k-s l) n. pl. ax·il·lae (-s l) See armpit. Axilla (plural, axillae)
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( ăk-sÄl ' É™ ) n. , pl. , -il·lae ( -sÄl ' Ä“ ). The armpit. A body part analogous to the armpit, such as the hollow ...
Axilla: The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, better known as the armpit. The word "axilla" was borrowed directly from the Latin.
ax·il·la (k-s l) n. pl. ax·il·lae (-s l) 1. The armpit. 2. A body part analogous to the armpit, such as the hollow under a bird's wing. [Latin.] axilla [ækˈsɪlə]
Arteries of the Axilla; Artery Source Branches Supply to Notes; anterior circumflex humeral: axillary a., 3rd part: unnamed muscular branches: deltoid m.; arm muscles near the surgical ...