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costal cartilage

costal cartilage noun: one of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.

costal cartilage: one of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong...
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Noun

costal cartilage (plural costal cartilages)

  1. One of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.

costal cartilage meaning in Tamil

costal cartilage in Tamil

விலாக்கசியிழையம்

Forms of costal cartilage

pluralcostal cartilages

Questions about costal cartilage

What does costal cartilage mean?
Costal cartilage means one of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.
What is costal cartilage in Tamil?
Costal cartilage in Tamil is விலாக்கசியிழையம். See Costal cartilage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is costal cartilage?
Costal cartilage is a noun.
What is the plural of costal cartilage?
The plural of costal cartilage is costal cartilages.

Words near costal cartilage in the dictionary

  1. Costain guns
  2. costained
  3. costaining
  4. costains
  5. costal
  6. costal cartilage
  7. costal cartilages
  8. Costales
  9. Costaleses
  10. costalgia
  11. costally

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