intercostaladj.n.
/ɪntəˈkɒst(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˈkɑstəl/ A. adj. Situated between the ribs.
a. Anatomy with reference to the ribs of the body.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > rib > [adjective] > parts associated with
intercostal1598
intercosto-humeral1842
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 19/2 Betweene the ribbes and the intercostalle muscles.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 356 The midriffe and the intercostall muscles.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 224 The Channel for the inter~costal Vessels is not to be found.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 343 The intercostal nerve was considered by many physicians of this century, as a continuation of the nervus vagus.
1900 N.E.D. at Intercostal Mod. He is suffering from intercostal rheumatism.
b. transferred; esp. in shipbuilding.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [adjective] > between ribs
intercostal1658
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 150 The change of their colour and the intercostal yellowness, which is a sufficient index of their maturity.
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding i. 7 A keelson with intercostal plates.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 66 Such a keel is ‘intercostal’.
B. n. plural. Intercostal parts.
a. Anatomy. The intercostal muscles, nerves, arteries, etc.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > rib > [noun] > parts associated with
costal1653
intercostal1681
subcostal1864
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > vertebral or costal region
saw-muscle1615
subclavian muscle1615
subclavius1615
latissimus dorsi1616
pectoralis1618
intercostal1681
pectoral1702
pectoralis major1733
pectoralis minor1734
serratus1827
lat1939
pec1949
pect1963
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Intercostals..nerves, so called, because..they run between the ribs.
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. iii. 25 The Intercostals compose all the Flesh that we observe to fill up the Spaces between the Ribs.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) iv. 86 Two sets of muscles, called intercostals.
1899 Month Mar. 311 The ball..has wounded one of the intercostals.
b. transferred in shipbuilding.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > rib > parts between
intercostal1883
1883 G. S. Nares Constr. Ironclad 5 The parts between the frames being called intercostals.
Derivatives
interˈcostally adv.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [adverb] > between ribs
intercostally1874
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 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.
1874 S. J. P. Thearle Naval Archit. (new ed.) I. 118 The stringer being connected to both the bottom plating and bracket by pieces of angle-iron worked intercostally.
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