axillary cavity

Questions about axillary cavity

What does axillary cavity mean?

axillary cavity means "the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder".

What is another word for axillary cavity?

Close synonyms include armpit, axilla, axillary fossa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is axillary cavity a common word?

axillary cavity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.