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axillary fossa

noun

the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder

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they were up to their armpits in water

• Syn: ↑armpit, ↑axilla, ↑axillary cavity

• Derivationally related forms: ↑axillary (for: ↑axilla)

• Hypernyms: ↑cavity, ↑bodily cavity, ↑cavum

• Part Holonyms: ↑shoulder

• Part Meronyms: ↑axillary artery, ↑arteria axillaris

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noun

: axilla 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.