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axilla (ak-SIL-lah) - n., (anatom.) the armpit.
Both in humans and other chordates with equivalent hollows between the forelimb and the torso. Plural is axillae, in case you need that. Borrowed in 1616 from medical Latin, from Latin, the diminutive of axa, wing, as well as armpit and other similar hollows under, for example, tree limbs.
---L.
Both in humans and other chordates with equivalent hollows between the forelimb and the torso. Plural is axillae, in case you need that. Borrowed in 1616 from medical Latin, from Latin, the diminutive of axa, wing, as well as armpit and other similar hollows under, for example, tree limbs.
---L.
