axillary

IPA: ˈæksʌɫɛri

Alternative form of axillar [Any of the feathers connecting the undersurface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.]

Examples of "axillary" in Sentences

Subscapular axillary lymph nodes.
Flowers axillary, medium to large.
Inflorescences are terminal or axillary.
The axillary spaces are labeled in green.
The inflorescence is axillary or terminal.
The axillary inflorescence is erect to arcuate.
The deltoid is innervated by the axillary nerve.
Localized axillary lymphadenopathy will be bilateral.
Flowers are axillary and not extra axillary or leaf opposed.
Axillary lymphadenopathy is lymphadenopathy of the axillary lymph nodes.
_Flowers_ -- Yellow, about 3/4 in. broad, numerous, in short axillary clusters on the upper part of plant.
Salmonids all have a small appendage called the axillary process located at the origin of the pelvic fins on the body.
From this latter point the vessels and nerves take the name axillary, and in this axillary region the relative position of the nerves and vessels to each other and to the adjacent organs is somewhat changed.
David H. Song, a breast-cancer surgeon and vice chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago, said for two years or more his hospital had been steering many women away from an extensive type of lymph-node surgery known as axillary lymph-node dissection.
Until recently, the standard practice for this was a procedure called axillary node dissection AND, which generally removed a dozen or more lymph nodes in the armpit, often resulting in permanent arm difficulties including stiffness and lymphedema, or swelling.