axilla
pronunciation
How to pronounce axilla in British English:
UK [æk'sɪlə]
How to pronounce axilla in American English:
US [æk'sɪlə]
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- Noun:
- the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
Word Origin
Example
- 1. The patient lies back , hands behind their head as I clean each axilla with iodine .
- 2. Infant congenital heart disease treated with small incision under right axilla .
- 3. Although antibiotics and steroids can provide relief , for this young man the only treatment that proved successful was the removal of all hair-bearing areas of his axilla .
- 4. Invasive carcinoma in the axilla may arise from skin appendage glands or ectopic breast tissue or it may be a metastasis .
- 5. Methods twenty-one cases of ebc were treated by endoscopic breast conserving surgery , combined with the lipolysis and suction of the fat in axilla , via transaxillary small incision .