axillary gland meaning

• [Medicine]
  n : AXILLARY NODE
  

• axillary:    Adjective: axillar ...
• axillary arteries:    [Medicine]The cont ...
• axillary artery:    Noun: axillary art ...

Examples

1. Their efferents pass partly to the central and partly to the subclavicular groups of axillary glands.
2. Its efferent vessels of all the preceding groups of axillary glands; its efferents pass to the subclavicular group.
3. They are presumed to have developed in puberty from the eccrine glands, and can comprise up to 50 % of all axillary glands.
4. He recommended, in the face of strenuous opposition, an extensive operation that should include removal of the axillary glands when most surgeons were contented with local amputation.
5. The afferents of this group drain the skin and muscles of the lower part of the back of the neck and of the posterior thoracic wall; their efferents pass to the central group of axillary glands.