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axilla

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axilla [ak′silĀ·ə]
(anatomy)
The depression between the arm and the thoracic wall; the armpit.
(botany)
An axil.


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2] for 1 minute to the inferior axilla, was used throughout the 6 weeks of intervention to increase tissue extensibility.
The patient was treated with chemotherapy and involved-field radiotherapy to the right axilla and tonsil.
Such areas include the apex of the lung, the axilla on a mammogram, sudden, severe headaches, the navicular bone, the head of the pancreas or the ovary.
 
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