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Definition of Axillary node

1. Noun. Any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions.

Medical Definition of Axillary node

1. The lymph nodes in the axilla (underarm) that are cut out and examined during surgery to see if the cancer has spread past the breast. The number of nodes in this area varies. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Axillary Node

Literary usage of Axillary node

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"In a case of cancer of breast a swollen axillary node examined in March showed only inflammatory hyperplasia with no demonstrable tumor in the breast, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... likelihood of recurrence following mastectomy for primary breast cancer is the axillary node status. Patients with tumor-infiltrated axillary nodes are ..."

3. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association by American Laryngological Association (1906)
"... retroperi- toneal and mediastinal nodes, the spleen, the inguinal, and one axillary node. Tubercle bacilli were demonstrated in one of the lymph nodes. ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1853)
"... flower upon a long slender peduncle springing from between the two petioles of the geminate leaves of each distant axillary node of the main stem, ..."

5. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1903)
"The axillary node of the same side normal. There was no indication that the bacilli had entered the peritoneal cavity. ..."

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