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Definition of Costal
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or near a rib.
Definition of Costal
1. a. Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.
Definition of Costal
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a rib. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Costal
1. costa [adj] - See also: costa
Medical Definition of Costal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Costal
Literary usage of Costal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Like the ribs, the costal cartilages vary in their length, breadth, and direction.
... Each costal cartilage presents two surfaces, two borders, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Like the ribs, the costal cartilages vary in their length, breadth, and direction.
... Each costal cartilage presents two surfaces, two borders, ..."
3. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"-fläche n-pfanne, /. costal fossa n-pulsader, /. ... costal injury
Rippen-verrenkung, /. dislocation of costal wall Rippen-wandung, /. ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The under surface is smooth, and destitute of a costal groove. The outer border
is convex, thick, and rounded, and at its posterior part gives ..."
5. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1900)
"That of the tenth rib joins the costal cartilage of the ninth rib, and similarly
the eleventh and twelfth costal cartilages unite distally with the lower ..."
6. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The external or costal extremity, convex and uneven, is implanted into and ...
This tendency is not so great in the female, in whom costal respiration is ..."
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