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subcostal

subcostal adjective: below (deep to) a rib or the ribs.

Adjective

subcostal (not comparable)

  1. Below (deep to) a rib or the ribs.
    Antonyms:
    extracostal
  2. Pertaining to the subcosta and/or the area of the wing next to it.

Noun

subcostal (plural subcostals)

  1. A subcostal muscle.
  2. One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect, situated next beneath or behind the costal.
    Synonyms:
    subcosta

subcostal meaning in Tamil

subcostal in Tamil

காட்டவடி, விலா எலும்பின் கீழ், விலா எலும்பு அடித்தசைகள், வில்லடி

Synonyms of subcostal

Antonyms

Forms of subcostal

pluralsubcostals

Origin of subcostal

From sub- + costal.

Words formed from subcostal

Questions about subcostal

What does subcostal mean?
Subcostal means below (deep to) a rib or the ribs.
What is subcostal in Tamil?
Subcostal in Tamil is காட்டவடி, விலா எலும்பின் கீழ், விலா எலும்பு அடித்தசைகள். See Subcostal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subcostal?
Subcostal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near subcostal in the dictionary

  1. subcorticolous
  2. subcorymbose
  3. subcosmopolitan
  4. subcosta
  5. subcostae
  6. subcostal
  7. subcostales
  8. subcostalis
  9. subcostally
  10. subcostals
  11. subcostate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subcostal (page history and authors); subcostal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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