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Definition of Costa

1. Noun. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing).

2. Noun. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates).

Definition of Costa

1. n. A rib of an animal or a human being.

Definition of Costa

1. a rib [n -TAE] : COSTAL [adj], COSTALLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Costa

1. Rod shaped intracellular organelle lying below the undulating membrane of Trichomonas. Generates active bending associated with local loss of birefringence at the bending zone, probably as a result of conformational change in the longitudinal lamellae. Major protein approximately 90 kD. (10 Nov 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Costa

cossie cossies cost cost-benefit analysis cost-benefit analysis cost-effective cost-effective cost-efficient cost-of-living allowance cost-of-living benefit

cost-of-living index cost-plus cost-plus contract cost-pull inflation costa (current term) costa (current term) costae costae fluctuantes costae fluitantes costae spuriae

costae verae costal costal costalgia costalgia costally costals costal angle costal arch costal arch reflex

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