Axillary Cavity (Noun)
Meaning
The hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water".
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The axillary cavity was swollen and painful to the touch after the accident.
- Sweat stains formed under her arms in the warm summer air, collecting in the axillary cavity.
- After a long day of hiking, she noticed a tick embedded in the skin of her axillary cavity.
- The axillary cavity was the site of a painful bruise after she fell onto her arm.
- In medical school, students learn to examine the axillary cavity for swollen lymph nodes.