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Definition of Subcostal
1. a. Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles.
2. n. A subcostal muscle.
Definition of Subcostal
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Below a rib or the ribs ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) A subcostal muscle. ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subcostal
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcostal
Literary usage of Subcostal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker, John Edward Gray (1863)
"... a little darker than the ground hue ; an intermediate vitreous elliptical
longitudinal subcostal spot; costa tufted beneath, gibbous towards the base, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The subcostal vein or nervure of the wing of some insects ; the first vein behind
the costa. See cut under costal. subcostal (sub-kos'tal), a. and n. I. a. ..."
3. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"... connected with the apical bar along the subcostal nervure and enclosing a
lighter round spot between itself and the apical bar ; the bases of the upper ..."
4. A Text-book of Operative Surgery: Covering the Surgical Anatomy and by Warren Stone Bickham (1903)
"CHOLECYSTOSTOMY BY OBLIQUE OR VERTICAL subcostal INCISION. Description.—Incision
of gall-bladder, followed by suturing of the opened bladder into the ..."
5. Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker (1852)
"ic body; veins along the costa tawny ; subcostal space slightly «. ... space between
he subcostal vein and the discal vein rather closely and irregularly ..."
6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1891)
"... beyond the middle strongly bowed outward? ; costal nervure swollen at base,
ending on the costa beyond the apex of the discoidal cell; first subcostal ..."
7. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"The wings are rather broad, with the three subcostal cells lying in a straight row.
The abdomen is slightly compressed, and equals in length the remainder ..."
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