The axilla is a pyramidal space, situated between the upper lateral part of the chest and the medial side of the arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [VI. The Arteries. 4b. The Axilla] Reference

The axilla is the favorite site.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference

These symptoms were preceded by a pain in the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Vaccination Against Smallpox] Reference

Absorption takes place, and tumours appear in each axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

"Place a stockinged foot in the axilla," the text had said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Distant Echo]

The operation for tying the brachial artery near the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

More usually the temperature is taken in the mouth, axilla or groin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference

He complained of excessive pain, which extended up his arm into the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

The head of the bone can be felt by pressing the fingers high up in the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Practical Physiology] Reference

Invasive surgery to remove the large lump as well as the lymph glands from the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Go read this] Reference

The temperature of the insensitive axilla was one degree higher than that of the right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

Three weeks later at Wynberg a large arterial hæmatoma which pulsated was noted in the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

His right hand had only one small tumour upon it, and no sore discovered itself in the corresponding axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

Inflammation in every case took place in the arm, and fever came on with a considerable degree of pain in the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

The axilla-hair is plucked because if shaved the growing pile causes itching and the depilatories are held deleterious.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

A large blood extravasation developed in the axilla, accompanied by cutaneous ecchymosis extending halfway down the arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

Through the groin, as through the axilla, the principal blood vessels and nerves are transmitted to, the corresponding limb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The whole upper arm was swollen and discoloured, while an indurated mass extended along the line of the vessels into the axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

There was complete loss of cutaneous sensibility over the lower half of the forearm and hand, and a similar patch in the left axilla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference

The heat in the axilla, over the heart and region of the stomach, was in my case 100°; but along the spine and at the nape of the neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference

The operator places his stockinged foot in the axilla of the patient without pressing on the vascular/nerve bundle, and abducts the arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

His left hand was very severely affected with several corroding ulcers, and a tumour of considerable size appeared in the axilla of that side.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

Listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis. axilla (axillary).    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Swellings and stiffness in each axilla followed, and he was so much indisposed for several days as to be incapable of pursuing his ordinary employment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

The surgeon, eager to make an experiment, takes away matter, inoculates, produces a sore, uneasiness in the axilla, and perhaps some affection of the system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

The course of the brachial artery along the inner border of the biceps muscle is comparatively superficial, from the point where it leaves the axilla to the bend of the elbow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Downward displacement of anterior fold of axilla. e.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Tousey reports a case of foreign body in the axilla that was taken for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Volgnarius has seen a grain of wheat make its exit from the axilla, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Slide 7: NTT: Factors  Site of tissue - axilla, perineum less tolerant .    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

In the case of the axilla-pile, vellication is the popular process: see vol. ix.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

The extra sagging can result in significant "loose hammock" like deformity from the axilla to the elbow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

He usually picked up objects with his teeth, and could hold a coin in the axilla as he rolled from place to place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

In the fall a lead pencil in his waistcoat pocket caught on the ledge and was driven into the axilla, breaking off out of sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Lewis reports a case of unilateral perspiration with an excess of temperature of 3.5 degrees F. in the axilla of the perspiring side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference