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intercostal, a. and n.|-ˈkɒstəl|
[ad. mod.L. intercostāl-is, f. inter- 4 a + L. costa rib: see costal. Cf. F. intercostal (1536 in Hatz.–Darm.).]
A. adj. Situated between the ribs.
a. Anat. with reference to the ribs of the body.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 19/2 Betweene the ribbes and the intercostalle muscles. 1615Crooke Body of Man 356 The midriffe and the intercostall muscles. 1741A. Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 224 The Channel for the inter⁓costal Vessels is not to be found. 1800Med. Jrnl. IV. 343 The intercostal nerve was considered by many physicians of this century, as a continuation of the nervus vagus. Mod. He is suffering from intercostal rheumatism.
b. transf.; esp. in shipbuilding.
1658Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 150 The change of their colour, and the intercostal yellowness, which is a sufficient index of their maturity. 1869E. J. Reed Shipbuild. i. 7 A keelson with intercostal plates. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 66 Such a keel is ‘intercostal’.
B. n. pl. Intercostal parts.
a. Anat. The intercostal muscles, nerves, arteries, etc.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Intercostals..nerves, so called, because..they run between the ribs. c1720W. Gibson Farrier's Guide i. iii. (1738) 22 The Inter⁓costals compose all the Flesh that we observe to fill up the Spaces between the Ribs. 1872Huxley Phys. iv. 86 Two sets of muscles, called intercostals. 1899Month Mar. 311 The ball..has wounded one of the intercostals.
b. transf. in shipbuilding.
1883Nares Constr. Ironclad 5 The parts between the frames being called intercostals.
Hence interˈcostally adv.
1874Thearle Naval Archit. 93 Two longitudinals are fitted above the turn of the bilge, where the floor plates do not extend. Each of these is worked intercostally between all the frames. Ibid. 118 The stringer being connected to both the bottom plating and bracket by pieces of angle-iron worked intercostally. |