Intercostal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Located or occurring between the ribs.
  • n. A space, muscle, or part situated between the ribs.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Between the ribs of an animal or person.
  • adj. Between the ribs of a boat.
  • n. The intercostal muscles.
  • n. Something that is between the ribs of an animal.
  • n. Hull reinforcing inserted between frames or bulkheads of a boat.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated or intervening between successive ribs of the same side of the body: as, intercostal muscles, vessels, spaces.
  • n. An intercostal structure, as an artery, and especially a muscle; an intercostalis.
  • In iron ship-building, noting a structural member composed of a number of short pieces fitted in the spaces between a series of other continuous structural members which it crosses: as, an intercostal floorplate, one in which the floor is in short pieces between the longitudinals; an intercostal keelson, intercostal longitudinal, one in short pieces between the frames; an intercostal angle-bar, intercostal seam-strap, one in short pieces between frames or deck-beams, etc.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
  • adj. located or occurring between the ribs
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    striated muscle    skeletal muscle   
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