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axilla

/ak-sil-uh/US // ækˈsɪl ə //UK // (ækˈsɪlə) //

腋窝,腋下,腋窝处,腋窝部

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ax·il·lae [ak-sil-ee]. /ækˈsɪl i/.

    • : Anatomy. the armpit.
    • : Ornithology. the corresponding region under the wing of a bird.
    • : Botany. an axil.

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Examples

  • He had a little pain in the axilla, and felt a slight indisposition for three or four hours.

  • His right hand had only one small sore upon it, and no tumour discovered itself in the corresponding axilla.

  • He employed the thermometer in the axilla in examining his cases, as did the iatrophysicists of the previous century.

  • The spots chosen are the cavity of the axilla, corresponding with our armpit, and the crease where the thigh joins the belly.

  • The long thoracic nerve may be cut across while clearing out the axilla in operating for cancer of the breast.