subcostaladj.n.
/ˌsʌbˈkɒstl/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈkɔstl/, /ˌsəbˈkɑstl/ A. adj.
1. Anatomy. Situated below a rib or beneath the ribs; lying on the under side of a rib, as a groove for an artery.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > rib > [adjective]
ribbed?1523
costal1615
subcostal1755
postcostal1826
costiferous1845
infracostal1858
xiphocostal1899
1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. 3035/1 Subcostal muscles... These muscles..adhere closely to the ribs that lie between their insertions.
1849 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 17 503 A young man, aged twenty, received a poignard wound in the back, in the right subcostal or renal region.
1882 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 9) I. 30 The subcostal angle into the centre of which the ensiform process projects.
1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 667 Below the last rib a subcostal artery runs.
1953 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 May 1032/2 The subcostal pain first appears soon after consciousness is regained.
2004 Quality of Life Res. 13 1248/2 After an explorative laparotomy, patients have post-operative pain and discomfort due to the subcostal incision.
2. Entomology. Situated behind the anterior or costal margin of an insect's wing; spec. designating a vein (cf. subcosta n.), or a branch of this.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of wing(s) > of or relating to nervure > relating to or of nature of costa > situated behind or near
postcostal1826
subcostal1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 376 Neuræ Subcostales (the Subcostal Nervures). Nervures springing from the under-side of the post-costal nervure, or from each other.
1868 Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 9 241 The female from Damara Land differs in wanting the yellow tint on the subcostal area.
1906 Entomol. News 17 188 The subcostal stripe is bordered below by a red line and above by a white band.
1958 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 31 103 This species resembles auroreum.., having a cream-colored subcostal border in contrast to fuscous-spotted remainder of wing.
2004 Jrnl. Orthoptera Res. 13 71/1 It has a light-colored longitudinal band in the costal area, just below and along the subcostal vein.
B. n.
Anatomy and Entomology. A subcostal muscle, artery, or vein.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > rib > [noun] > parts associated with
costal1653
intercostal1681
subcostal1864
1733 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body I. iii. 167 The Sub-Costales having the superior Extremities of their Fibres much more distant from the Vertebral Articulation of the Ribs, than the lower Extremities.]
1864 Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 3 119 In the neuration this genus is more like that of Halesidota than Arctia, since the second and third subcostals are curved very near the costa.
1910 S. Sisson Text-bk. Vet. Anat. 242 In the upper part of the spaces fibers sometimes cross a rib in a fashion similar to the subcostals of man.
1935 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 27 198 The Subcostal Arteries..form the tenth pair of the intercostal series but since they lie below the thirteenth rib they are known as the subcostals.
2008 Jrnl. Bodywork & Movement Therapies 12 160/2 Other endothoracic muscles in this field are the sternocostalis and the subcostals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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