Medical Definition of Costocolic ligament
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A triangular fold of peritoneum attached to the left flexure of the colon and to the diaphragm, on which rests the inferior pole or extremity of the spleen.
Synonym: ligamentum phrenicocolicum, costocolic ligament.
(05 Mar 2000)
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