intercostal
pronunciation
How to pronounce intercostal in British English:
UK [ˌɪntəˈkɒstl]
How to pronounce intercostal in American English:
US [ˌɪntərˈkastl]
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- Noun:
- muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
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- Adjective:
- located or occurring between the ribs
Word Origin
- intercostal (adj.)
- "between the ribs," 1590s; see inter- + costal.
Example
- 1. Intercostal neuralgia causes paroxysmal burning pain or pricking pain .
- 2. A few millimeters deeper , it would have nicked the intercostal artery .
- 3. To right intercostal nerve-end is scorching , which family hospital is not bad regards treating .
- 4. Resultsin 39 patients , pheochromocytoma was removed by intercostal incision at the 11th rib and 15 at the 10th rib , 14 by transrectal incision , 9 by abdominothoracic incision , 5 by abdominal subcostal oblique incision , 3 by inferior abdominal incision , 3 by posterolateral incision .
- 5. During inhalation , contraction of the intercostal muscles elevates the ribs .