axillary node

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

   Broaderlymph node

Questions about axillary node

What does axillary node mean?

axillary node means "any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions".

Is axillary node a common word?

axillary node 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.