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Definition: Axillary |
AxillaryAdjective1. (botany) of or relating to the axil. 2. (anatomy) of or relating to the armpit; "axillary gland". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "axillary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Note: Axillary \Ax"il*la*ry\, adjective. [See Axil.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Pertaining to the armpit area, including the lymph nodes that are located there. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AxillarySynonym: alar (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Image of a breast and axillary nodes by conventional PET scan. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Adjuvant therapy has become the standard of care for the majority of breast cancer patients with axillary lymph node involvement. (references) | |
In 1982, approximately 12,000 women were diagnosed with tumors less than 2 centimeters in diameter and negative axillary lymph nodes. (references) | ||
Absence of metastasis to the axillary lymph nodes has traditionally been considered a favorable biologic condition for patients with invasive breast cancer. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Axillary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Axillary" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 66.67% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "axillary": Axillary Artery ♦ axillary bud ♦ axillary cavity ♦ axillary dissection ♦ axillary fossa ♦ axillary lymph node dissection ♦ axillary lymph nodes ♦ axillary node ♦ Axillary Vein ♦ negative axillary lymph nodes ♦ positive axillary lymph nodes. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "axillary": Infra-axillary, Supra-axillary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "axillary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | واقع عند إبط النبات, إبطي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аксиларен, подмишничен, пазвен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 辅助 (Ancillary, Auxiliaries, Auxiliary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | axillær, axil-, skulderfjer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | axillaris, axillair, okselveer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hankasilmu (axillary bud, lateral bud, mixed bud). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | axillaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Achselhöhle (armpit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μασχάλησ, μασχαλικόσ, μασχαλιαίος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hónalj-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ascellare (underarm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 腋窩腺 (axillary gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | えきかせ" (axillary gland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 겨"랑이 (Armpit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aghlishagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | axillaryay axilar. (various references) аксиллярный, подмышечный, пазушный. (various references) aksilarni, pazušni. (various references) axilar (Alar). (various references) axillär knopp (axillary bud). (various references) пахвовий, пазушний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "axillary": maxillary, premaxillary, submaxillary. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "axillary" (pronounced 'Ax"il*la*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-l-l-r-x-y" | |
-1 letter: axially, axillar. | |
-2 letters: axilla. | |
-3 letters: alary, aliya, allay, axial, laari, laxly, rally, riyal. | |
-4 letters: airy, alar, ally, aria, aril, aryl, axal, axil, illy, lair, lari, liar, lily, lira, raia, rail, raya, rial, rill, yill. | |
-5 letters: aal, ail, air, ala, all, ill, lar, lax, lay, rax, ray, ria, rya, yar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-l-l-r-x-y" | |
+1 letter: maxillary. | |
+4 letters: premaxillary, submaxillary. | |
+5 letters: explanatorily, paradoxically, xylographical. | |
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