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intracostal

intracostal adjective: within a rib.

Adjective

intracostal (not comparable)

  1. Within a rib.

Origin of intracostal

From intra- + costal.

Questions about intracostal

What does intracostal mean?
Intracostal means within a rib.
What part of speech is intracostal?
Intracostal is an adjective.

Words near intracostal in the dictionary

  1. intracorpuscular
  2. intracorrelation
  3. intracorrelations
  4. intracortical
  5. intracortically
  6. intracostal
  7. intracountry
  8. intracounty
  9. intracranial
  10. intracranial hypertension
  11. intracranial pressure

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