subcostal
/sʌbˈkɒst(ə)l
/adjective Anatomy
Beneath a rib; below the ribs.The parietal branches include the posterior intercostal, subcostal, and the superior phrenic....
- A tender, fluctuant 8-cm mass was felt in the right upper quadrant, several centimeters inferior to a subcostal scar from a previous open cholecystectomy.
- Nine months after the initial diagnosis, the patient had a second exploratory laparotomy via a bilateral subcostal incision.
- before one can (or has time to) draw breath
- before one can say Jack Robinson
- before one knows where one is (or before one knows it)
- before (or after) the fact
- before (or in front of or under) one's (very) eyes
- before (or since) the rinderpest
- beforesaid
- before-tax
- before the mast
- before the wind
- before time
- beforetimes
- before you can say knife
- before–after
- be for it
- be for (or all for) the best
- be for the high jump
- befoul
- be fresh out of
- befriend
- be frightened of one's shadow
- be frightened (or scared) out of one's wits
- befuddle
- befuddlement
- be full bottle on