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axillary hair

axillary hair noun: androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.

Noun

axillary hair (usually uncountable, plural axillary hairs)

  1. (usually) Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.
  2. (countable, usually) A single strand of axillary hair.

axillary hair meaning in Arabic and Thai

axillary hair in Arabic

armpit hair
شَعْر الْإِبْط šaʕr al-ʔibṭ

axillary hair in Thai

armpit hair
ขนรักแร้ kǒn-rák-rɛ́ɛ

Forms of axillary hair

pluralaxillary hairs

Origin of axillary hair

From axillary (“adjacent or pertaining to the armpit, axilla, or shoulder”) + hair.

Questions about axillary hair

What does axillary hair mean?
Axillary hair means androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.
What is axillary hair in Arabic?
Axillary hair in Arabic is شَعْر الْإِبْط (šaʕr al-ʔibṭ). See Axillary hair meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is axillary hair?
Axillary hair is a noun.
What is the plural of axillary hair?
The plural of axillary hair is axillary hairs.

Words near axillary hair in the dictionary

  1. axillaries
  2. axillars
  3. axillary
  4. axillary arteries
  5. axillary artery
  6. axillary hair
  7. axillary hairs
  8. axillary vein
  9. axillary veins
  10. axillas
  11. axilliary

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