A child's risk of dying is highest in the neonatal period, the first 28 days of life. Safe childbirth and effective neonatal care are essential to prevent these deaths. 44% of child deaths under the age of five take place during the neonatal period.
axil (plural axils) (botany) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs.
Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire â(âof the axillaâ), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axillÄris, from axilla â(âarmpitâ), diminutive form of the assumed *axula. axillary â(not comparable) 1  Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit. ( 2 botany) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pertaining to an axil.