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-:''[[Rabid]]''+The '''axilla''' (also, '''armpit''', '''underarm''' or '''oxter''') is the area on the human body directly under the [[joint]] where the [[arm]] connects to the [[shoulder]]. It also contains many [[sweat glands]].
-'''''Rabid''''' is a [[1977]] [[horror film]] written and directed by [[David Cronenberg]]. [[Marilyn Chambers]] stars, with Frank Moore, Howard Ryshpan, Joe Silver and [[Robert A. Silverman]], who would go on to become a regular Cronenberg actor, appearing in ''[[The Brood]]'', ''[[Scanners]]'', ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]'' and ''[[eXistenZ]]''.+In humans, the formation of [[body odor]] happens mostly in the armpit.
-==Plot summary==+==See also==
 +*[[Deodorant]]
 +*[[Perspiration]]
 +*[[Popliteal fossa]] or "knee pit"
 +*[[Suspensory ligament of axilla]]
-A critically-injured woman victim of a [[motorcycle]] accident is taken to the plastic surgery clinic of Doctor Dan [[Keloid]], where some of her intact tissue is treated to become "[[morphogenesis|morphogenetically]] neutral" and [[skin grafting|grafted]] to fire-damaged areas of her body in the hope that they will [[Cellular differentiation|differentiate]] and replace the damaged skin and [[organ (anatomy)|organ]]s.  
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-Unfortunately, the woman's body unexpectedly accepts the transplants: she develops an anal-like [[orifice]] under an [[armpit]], within it hides a [[phallic]] [[stinger]]. She uses it to feed on the [[blood]] of other people, and afterwards wiping their memories of their incidents with her. 
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-It soon is apparent that her every victim transforms to a [[rabies|rabid]] [[zombie]] whose bite spreads the disease, eventually causing the city to fall into chaos before the outbreak can be contained. 
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-==See also== 
-* [[Rabies]] 
-* ''[[28 Days Later]]'' 
-* ''[[28 Weeks Later]]'' 
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The axilla (also, armpit, underarm or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder. It also contains many sweat glands.

In humans, the formation of body odor happens mostly in the armpit.

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