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Definition of Intercostal
1. Adjective. Located or occurring between the ribs. "Intercostal muscles"
2. Noun. Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Definition of Intercostal
1. a. Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.
Definition of Intercostal
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Between the ribs of an animal or person. ¹
2. Adjective. (nautical) Between the ribs of a boat. ¹
3. Noun. (anatomy) The intercostal muscles. ¹
4. Noun. (anatomy) Something that is between the ribs of an animal. ¹
5. Noun. (nautical) Hull reinforcing inserted between frames or bulkheads of a boat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intercostal
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Medical Definition of Intercostal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercostal
Literary usage of Intercostal
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 (1901)
"intercostal Fasci».—A thin but firm layer of fascia covers the outer surface of
the External intercostal and the inner surface'of the Internal intercostal ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It begins immediately below the cartilage of the right first rib close to the
sternum, and, descending vertically behind the first and second intercostal ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"intercostal muscles and are carried medially, first anterior to the pleura, ...
This description holds good for the upper five intercostal nerves only. ..."
4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"A diagnosis of internal hemorrhage from an intercostal artery was made and ...
It was found that the intercostal muscles had been penetrated by the weapon. ..."
5. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"The inferior and suj>erior branches of the first four intercostal arteries emanate
solely from the trunk which furnishes them, and which is the superior ..."
6. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1883)
"WE designate as intercostal neuralgia the morbid excitement of one or several
spinal nerves, particularly of those which as intercostal nerves pass along ..."