How to Use axillary in a Sentence

axillary

adjective
  • In very rare cases the axillary or radial nerves in the upper arm could be injured.
    — Leah Groth, Health.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Williams injured his right shoulder during the game —the same one that cost him all of last season due to axillary nerve damage.
    — cleveland, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Knowing what Williams went through all last season with the axillary nerve damage in his shoulder, the Browns couldn’t be happier with his progress.
    — cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Williams, who sat out all last season with axillary nerve damage in his shoulder, has played sparingly, including only eight snaps against the Bears.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Williams missed the entire 2020 season, which was supposed to be his second as a pro, with severe damage to the axillary nerve in his right shoulder.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 2 June 2021
  • Oberg first had surgery in 2016 after being diagnosed with axillary artery thrombosis.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Last season, doctors diagnosed Oberg, 26, with axillary artery thrombosis (blood clots) in his right arm and shoulder.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Surgery for axillary hyperhidrosis—sweating in the armpits—requires local anesthesia and can be done in an office setting rather than a hospital.
    — Cathy Cassata, Health.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Another potential cause of axillary adenopathy is a leaking silicone breast implant.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Williams day-to-day Stefanski said Williams is day-to-day with his right shoulder injury, and confirmed it’s connected to the axillary nerve damage that kept him out all last season.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The Civil War records could have included a mixture of axillary and oral temperatures taken with mercury thermometers—the researcher couldn’t tell for sure.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Tissue culture is a cloning process where, for orchids, shoot tips and axillary or side buds are sterilized and placed on agar — a jelly-like material that hardens into a firm gel — that contains plant nutrients and hormones.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • Williams, who suffered axillary nerve damage in his shoulder, is participating in team reps and pressing Greg Newsome II for the starting job.
    — cleveland, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The product offers a subtle solution to the millions of people who suffer from primary focal axillary hyperhidrosis, or excessive underarm sweating, which is currently often treated with Botox and other more invasive options.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 30 June 2018
  • Excessive sweating, also known asprimary axillary hyperhidrosis, impacts over 10 million Americans, according to Dermira, the maker of Qbrexza.
    — Brittany Shoot, Fortune, 2 July 2018

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