‖ axilla
(ækˈsɪlə)
Pl. -æ.
[L., = armpit; dim. of *axula, whence āla: cf. axle1. Common in late L. in form ascella.]
1. An armpit.
| 1616 A. Read Body of Man 152 The backe part of the shoulder top, called axilla. 1877 Roberts Handbk. Med. I. 113 The eruption appears on the..borders of the axillæ. |
2. = axil.
| 1830 Lindley Syst. Bot. 247 Leaf-buds..in every axilla. |