intercostal.
/in-ter-kos-tl, -kaw-stl/US // ˌɪn tərˈkɒs tl, -ˈkɔ stl //UK // (ˌɪntəˈkɒstəl) //
肋骨间,肋间,肋间法,肋骨间的
Definitions
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- ›pertaining to muscles, parts, or intervals between the ribs.
- ›situated between the ribs.
- ›Shipbuilding. noting a structural member situated between or divided by continuous members, as frames or keelsons.
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›an intercostal muscle, member, or space.
Examples
It is probably most common about the intercostal, lumbar and supra-orbital regions.
About the middle of January I was taken down with intercostal rheumatism and spinal trouble, and was very low for several months.
I suffered excruciating pain from a severe attack of intercostal neuralgia, and there were moments when I could scarcely breathe.
The remaining portion of the serratus anterior muscle was then approximated across the closure of the intercostal muscles.
The dorsal thoracic trunk supplies M. costi-sternalis, several dorsal intercostal areas, and the costopulmonary muscles.
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