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infracostal

infracostal adjective: below (inferior to) a rib or the ribs.

Adjective

infracostal (not comparable)

  1. Below (inferior to) a rib or the ribs.

Origin of infracostal

From infra- + costal.

Questions about infracostal

What does infracostal mean?
Infracostal means below (inferior to) a rib or the ribs.
What part of speech is infracostal?
Infracostal is an adjective.

Words near infracostal in the dictionary

  1. infraconnectivity
  2. infraconscious
  3. infraconstitutional
  4. infracoronal
  5. infracortical
  6. infracostal
  7. infracostales
  8. infracostalis
  9. infracotylar
  10. infracranial
  11. infracrustal

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