Axilla

  • 101space — Any demarcated portion of the body, either an area of the surface, a segment of the tissues, or a cavity. SEE ALSO: area, region, zone. SYN: spatium [TA]. [L. spatium, room, s.] alveolar dead s …

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  • 102supra-axillary — Above the axilla. * * * su·pra ax·il·lary (soo″prə akґsĭ lar″e) superior to the axilla …

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  • 103Cabiria — (1914)    Silent film. The most financially successful and critically acclaimed of all the Greco Roman superspectacles that characterized Italian cinema during the silent period, Cabiria was not only a masterpiece of silent filmmaking (realistic… …

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  • 104Cabiria — (1914)    Silent film. The most financially successful and critically acclaimed of all the Greco Roman superspectacles that characterized Italian cinema during the silent period, Cabiria was not only a masterpiece of silent filmmaking (realistic… …

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  • 105aslilla — (del sup. lat. «axilella», dim. de «axilla»; ant.) f. Islilla (axila). * * * aslilla. (Del lat. *axillella, dim. de axilla, sobaco). f. desus. islilla (ǁ sobaco) …

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  • 106nodi lymphoidei membri superioris — [TA] lymph nodes of upper limb: the lymph nodes of the hand, forearm, arm, and axilla; the former three groups draining into those of the axilla. They are subdivided into superficial (nodi lymphoidei superficiales membri superioris) and deep… …

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  • 107plexus brachialis — [TA] brachial plexus: a plexus originating from the anterior branches of the last four cervical spinal nerves and most of the anterior branch of the first thoracic spinal nerves. Situated partly in the neck and partly in the axilla, it is… …

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  • 108axil — [ aksɪl] noun Botany the upper angle between a leaf stalk or branch and the stem or trunk from which it is growing. Origin C18: from L. axilla (see axilla) …

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  • 109axillary — /ækˈsɪləri/ (say ak siluhree) adjective 1. relating to the axilla. 2. Botany relating to or growing from the axil (of plants). –noun (plural axillaries) 3. Ornithology (usually plural) a feather growing from the axilla (def. 2). Also, axillar …

  • 110aisselle — Aisselle, f. penacut. Est le dessous du bras alendroit de l enchasseure de l espaule, Axilla, qui est envers les Latins le diminutif de Ala, et peut aupres du François retenir la mesme qualité de diminutif, veu que aisselle vient et est fait… …

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