Definition of "axillary" []

• Anatomy Of, relating to, or located near the axilla. (adjective)
• Botany Of, relating to, or located in an axil. (adjective)
• Variant of axillar. (noun)

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• "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."
• "_Flowers_ -- Yellow, about 3/4 in. broad, numerous, in short axillary clusters on the upper part of plant."
• "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."