Definitions for axilla

axilla ax·il·la

Spelling: [ak-sil-uh]
IPA: /ækˈsɪl ə/

Axilla is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in axilla (aaillx).

Definitions for axilla

noun

  1. Anatomy. the armpit.
  2. Ornithology. the corresponding region under the wing of a bird.
  3. Botany. an axil.

Origin of axilla

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1610-20

Examples for axilla

Flanks dark brown with pale blue spots in axilla and groin and bluish white flecks on mid-flank.

The empty glenoid may sometimes be palpated from the axilla.

Axil, or axilla, in botany, the angle between the upper side of a leaf and the stem or branch from which it springs.

In the axilla of the pectoral there are four or five pale round spots.

The ball, together with a piece of cloth, was excised in front, two inches above and internal to the fold of the axilla.

A pressure made on the brachial vein and its branches by scirrhous glands in the axilla, is a common cause of this state.

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

This murmur may be transmitted out into the axilla and be heard at the inferior angle of the left scapula.

One of these balls lodged in the inner part of the right arm, below the axilla, whence the writer excised it.

The conformation of the region of the axilla was quite peculiar.

Word Value for axilla
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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