axillary fossa

Questions about axillary fossa

What does axillary fossa mean?

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

What is another word for axillary fossa?

Close synonyms include armpit, axilla, axillary cavity. 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 fossa a common word?

axillary fossa 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.