See Also: axis(1)(dictionary)
Axis(medicine)
axis(dictionary)
Y-axis(medicine)
Axis, the(dictionary)
Axis(health)
axis(2)(dictionary)
mean electrical axis(medicine)
mandibular axis(medicine)
neural axis(medicine)

axis (oh)



[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: 'axis, axle']
the imaginary line around which a large round object, such as the Earth, turns
::The Earth rotates on an axis between the north and south poles.
a line drawn across the middle of a regular shape that divides it into two equal parts
either of the two lines of a graph, by which the positions of points are measured