Definition of axilla

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Axilla (n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder..

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Incisive :: Incisive (a.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries..
Stylometer :: Stylomaxillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.
Mandibuliform :: Mandibuliform (a.) Having the form of a mandible; -- said especially of the maxillae of an insect when hard and adapted for biting.
Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
Maxillae :: Maxillae (pl. ) of Maxill.
Mandible :: Mandible (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds..
Maxillo-mandibular :: Maxillo-mandibular (a.) Pertaining to the maxilla and mandible; as, the maxillo-mandibular nerve..
Interaxillary :: Interaxillary (a.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
Brooklime :: Brooklime (n.) A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana..
Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
Trophi :: Trophi (n. pl.) The mouth parts of an insect, collectively, including the labrum, labium, maxillae, mandibles, and lingua, with their appendages..
Verticillaster :: Verticillaster (a.) A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. See Illust. of Whorl..
Maxillary :: Maxillary (n.) Of or pertaining to a maxilla.
Hypognatous :: Hypognatous (a.) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper, as in the skimmer..
Premaxilla :: Premaxilla (n.) A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillae become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone..
Extraaxillary :: Extraaxillary (a.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud..
Stylobate :: Stylo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary..
Labium :: Labium (n.) The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)..
Septomaxillary :: Septomaxillary (n.) A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
Opisthoglypha :: Opisthoglypha (n. pl.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.
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