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AXILLARY LINE

\ˈaksɪləɹi lˈa͡ɪn], \ˈaksɪləɹi lˈa‍ɪn], \ˈa_k_s_ɪ_l_ə_ɹ_i l_ˈaɪ_n]\

Definitions of AXILLARY LINE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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(anterior and posterior), from axilla downward.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A vertical line extending downward from the axilla on the side of the trunk.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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