intraaxillary en · ADJ
Etymology
From intra- + axillary.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Situated below the point where a leaf joins the stem.
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(not-comparable) Within the axilla or armpit.
From the results of his experiments Marshall was led to believe that the transverse commissure in the IBr axillary furnishes the real physiological connection between the two arms of each pair, and that the chiasma (the two crossed intraaxillary connectives between the axial cords of each arm pair) is connected with the alternating movements of the two arms of each pair which occur in the act of swimming.
1921, Austin Hobart Clark, A Monograph of the Existing Crinoids, page 336:In 30 years as an expert witness, I have seen total plexus paralysis in three patients after needle angiography with intraaxillary hematoma not followed by surgical repair.
2012, E. Zeitler, Radiology of Peripheral Vascular Diseases, page 191: