AXILLARY NODE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("axillary node" is a kind of...):

lymph gland; lymph node; node (the source of lymph and lymphocytes)

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