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Adjective
/ˈaksəˌlerē/,
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Of or relating to the armpit,
  1. Of or relating to the armpit
    • - enlargement of the axillary lymph nodes
  2. In or growing from an axil
    • - axillary shoots
  1. of or relating to the axil
  2. (axilla) armpit: the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water"
  3. (Axilla (song)) Hoist is the seventh studio album by the jam band Phish. At the time of its release, Hoist was Phish's best selling album. Hoist includes guest appearances from Alison Krauss, Béla Fleck, and other musicians, as well as actor Jonathan Frakes on trombone. ...
  4. (axilla) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; Alternative form of axil
  5. (Axilla) The armpit. Lymph nodes in the armpit are called the axillary nodes. Certain cancer, such as breast cancer, spread to the axillary nodes. Axillary lymph nodes are usually removed by surgery to determine if breast cancer is present and if treatment with chemotherapy is necessary.
  6. (Axilla) the medical term for armpit, a common place for gonadal hair after puberty. Armpit hair is referred to medically as axillary hair.
  7. (axilla (pl., axillae; adj., axillar)) In groups with a transscutal articulation, posterolateral portion of the mesoscutum separated from the mesoscutum lateral to the scutellum; usually triangular (see also scutum).
  8. (Axilla) The underarm, the armpit.
  9. (AXILLA) the name of a family of the Servilia gens, which is merely another form of ahala. Axilla is a diminutive of Ala. (Comp. Cic. Orat.
  10. (Axilla) The hollow area under the arm where it joins the body. Skin-fold freckles related to NF1 often develop in this area.
  11. (axilla) The area between the chest wall, the collar bone (clavicle) and shoulder blade (scapula). Contains lymphatic channels and nodes which drain the breast.
  12. (axilla) The armpit. It contains lymph glands or nodes, lymph channels, blood vessels, and fat. It has direct connections with the breast
  13. (axilla) n. - (pl. -las, -lae ,) armpit; shoulder. axillary a. of arm-pit; of or growing in an axil.
  14. (Axillaries) the feathers in the armpit at the base of the underwing.
  15. (Axillaries) (a.k.a. Axillary) Feather.
  16. Pertaining to or within an axil, especially a leaf axil.
  17. referring to the location of a plant organ in an axil, for example, the axillary inflorescence
  18. Borne in the axil of a leaf, i.e. in the fork formed by the twig and the leaf stalk. cf. Terminal, Ramal, Cauline
  19. A plate on a crinoid arm above which the arm branches into two series of plates. See crinoids.
  20. Growing in an axil. Axis. The central line of a body in the direction of its length; the stem.
  21. Pertains to an axil, which is the acute angle formed by the junction of a leaf petiole and a stem. The axil contains meristematic tissue from which branches may grow.
  22. or lateral) bud - buds along stem, not at end
  23. towards the armpit                               plantar ‑ sole of the foot
  24. originating from the stem immediately above a leaf petiole (Fig 5).
  25. Any bud or branch in the axil of a leaf; these grow following pruning