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Costal   Listen
adjective
Costal  adj.  
1.
(Anat.) Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.
2.
(Bot. & Zool.) Relating to a costa, or rib.





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"Costal" Quotes from Famous Books



... vertebral shields broad, six-sided, last subtriangular; beneath rather convex, yellow, shelving on the sides; the second marginal plate with an angular lobe produced into the suture between the vertebral and first costal plates; claws sharp, black; skin of head and ...
— Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2) • George Grey
... 25 illustrate wounds of this nature. In the case figured in fig. 24 the bullet entered over the third rib in a vertical line above the right nipple; it then coursed obliquely down, crossing the seventh costal cartilage, and finally emerged 3 inches above the umbilicus. Where the track crossed the prominence of the thoracic margin the skin was so thinned as to undergo subsequent discoloration, while a distinct groove was evident there on palpation. ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins


Words linked to "Costal" :   rib, costa, costal cartilage, anatomy


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