Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated beneath the axilla or armpit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology: Situated beneath the axilla or armpit.
- Specifically, in ornithology, same as
axillary : as, “subaxillary feathers,” - In botany, placed under an axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or by a leaf with the branch.
- noun In ornithology, same as
axillar or axillary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Situated under the axilla, or armpit.
- adjective (Bot.) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Situated under the
axilla , orarmpit . - adjective botany Placed under the
axil , or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.
Etymologies
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sub- + axillary
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Examples
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Hence it is best when it can be recently taken from a patient in the disease; or otherwise it may be diluted with part of a drop of warm water, since its fluidity is likely to occasion its immediate absorption; and the wound should be made as small and superficial as possible, as otherwise ulcers have been supposed sometimes to ensue with subaxillary abscesses.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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