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Axillary
Axillary is an anatomical term derived from axilla, the armpit. "Axillary" literally means "pertaining to the armpit".

In vertebrate anatomy and medicine, it occurs in terms like:

In birds, the axillaries are the "armpit" feathers which become visible when the bird raises its wing. They can be important in distinguishing species, e.g. in the Pluvialis golden plovers.

In botany, axillary refers to the location of a node on a plant stem; more precisely, to the apical angle between a leaf and the stem above it. Almost all buds are located in axillary positions, for example.

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Axillary artery aneurysms
Sep 01, 1998; Lt Col Henry F. Tripp, USAF MC FS* Joseph W. Cook, MD^ Aneurysms of the axillary artery are rare but potentially dangerous...
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Comparison of the Easy Strutter Functional Orthosis System(TM) and axillary crutches during modified 3-point gait
Mar 01, 2004; Abstract-The Easy Strutter Functional Orthosis System(TM) (ESFOS) was designed to improve assistive device ambulatory efficiency....
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Sclerosing Adenosis in Sentinel Axillary Lymph Nodes From a Patient With Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: An Unusual Variant of Benign Glandular Inclusions
Sep 01, 2008; Benign glandular inclusions in axillary lymph nodes are very rare events that have to be distinguished from metastatic carcinoma....
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The late effects of axillary node irradiation
Aug 01, 2001; Purpose: to compare late effects, as reported subjectively by patients, following radiotherapy treatment of the axilla and...
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Identification of cis-Elements That Regulate Gene Expression during Initiation of Axillary Bud Outgrowth in Arabidopsis[w]
Jun 01, 2005; Growth regulation associated with dormancy is an essential element in plant life cycles. To reveal regulatory mechanisms of bud...
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