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.形容词 adjective

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.名词 noun

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.