WordNet
axillary node
n. any of the lymph glands of the armpit; fights infections in the neck and chest and arm regions
Usage examples of "axillary node".
He was finally given the proper signal by her appearance and behaviour, and insisted on an examination which showed a right breast far advanced in cancer, the nipple inverted, the flesh crepey, and that very day she was taken to hospital and the following morning underwent a radical mastectomy and axillary node dissection.