Definition of "axillae" []

• Plural form of axilla. (noun)

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• "Finally Detective Columbo of the airways got what I was suggesting (or so I thought) and proceeded to mouth very deliberately and forcefully "Is it me?" whereupon she began to snort her own axillae to determine if she was indeed the culprit."
• "And by lining our armpits we docs call them the axillae and groins, our dry hair actually acts as a lubricant, allowing our arms and legs to move without chafing."
• "The arms inflamed properly, fever and pain in the axillae came on precisely the same as in the former cases, and in ten days eruptions appeared, which disappeared in the course of two days."