(ak sil LA, singular; plural, axillae AKSIL lee): Underarm or armpit.

The axilla is commonly known as the armpit. The lymph nodes that filter lymph fluid for the upper part of your body are located in the axilla. For the lower limbs, the filtering lymph nodes are located in the groin.

Latin armpit.

The armpit area, a small pyramid-shaped space between the upper and side part of the chest to the middle side of the arm. Besides the armpit, it includes pertinent vessels, the brachial plexus of nerves, a large number of lymph nodes, and fat and areolar tissue. Also called armpit, fossa axillaries, and axillary space.

The space between the upper lateral part of the chest and medial side of the arm, including the armpit and a large number of lymph nodes.

The armpit; axillary (adj.)

The axilla is the area under the arm or the armpit.

Under the arm, the armpit. Understanding Breast Cancer

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The axilla is the armpit or an analogous part.

The armpit. ( See also axillary dissection).

Hair found in the armpit.

The armpit. Back to Glossary Index

the armpit; axillary, the adjective, as in the axillary lymph nodes.

Axilla refers to the armpit; the small pyramidal space between the upper lateral part of the chest and the medial side of the arm. AXON The axon is that part of a nerve cell through which impulses travel away from the cell body.

(ax-ill-uh): the armpit.

The underarm.

medical term for the armpit