axillaradj.n.
/ˈaksɪlə/ A. adj.
1. = axillary adj. 1.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > shoulder > [adjective]
shouldered13..
axillary1615
axillar1651
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [adjective] > armpit
axillary1615
axillar1651
subaxillary1689
alar1810
1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 295 The cephalick hath its beginning..in men alwayes from the axillar veine.
1772 J. R. Forster Hudson's Bay Birds in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 393 Shining black axillar feathers, or shoulder-knot.
2. = axillary adj. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > situated in or near axil
supra-axillary1760
axillary1786
subaxillary1809
axillar1831
axillant1883
1831 W. Macgillivray tr. A. Richard Elem. Bot. 185 Flowers are..axillar, when they spring from the axilla.
B. n.
(cf. French aisselliere) An axillary vein.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [noun] > specific vein
middle veina1398
portaa1398
saphena1398
funisa1400
sciaticaa1400
guidesc1400
haemorrhoidc1400
salvatellac1400
liver veina1425
median?a1425
mesaraic?a1425
sciatic?a1425
venal artery?a1425
sciat1503
organal vein1523
axillar?1541
weeping vein1543
port-vein1586
lip-vein1598
nose vein1598
sciatic vein1598
cephalic vein1599
hollow vein1605
jugular1615
scapulary1615
subclavian vein1615
umbilical vessel1615
basilica1625
porter-vein1625
neck vein1639
garter-vein1656
matricious vein1656
sacred vein1656
subclavicular1656
subclavial1664
vertebral1718
portal vein1765
cava1809
satellite vein1809
brachial1859
innominate vein1866
precaval1866
postcava1882
precava1882
postcaval1891
Vesalian vein1891
sciatic1892
subcardinal1902
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Miij Veynes..two asselleres, two cubytalles, and two seynalles.
1722 R. Hale in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 9 Which Duct is..inserted by four Branches into each Axillar.
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