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hypocostal

hypocostal adjective: beneath a rib.

Adjective

hypocostal (not comparable)

  1. Beneath a rib

Origin of hypocostal

From hypo- + costal.

Questions about hypocostal

What does hypocostal mean?
Hypocostal means beneath a rib.
What part of speech is hypocostal?
Hypocostal is an adjective.

Words near hypocostal in the dictionary

  1. hypocortisolaemic
  2. hypocortisolemia
  3. hypocortisolemic
  4. hypocortisolism
  5. hypocortisoluria
  6. hypocostal
  7. hypocotyl
  8. hypocotylar
  9. hypocotyledonary
  10. hypocotylous
  11. hypocotyls

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