COSTAL GROOVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does costal groove mean? 

• COSTAL GROOVE (noun)
  The noun COSTAL GROOVE has 1 sense:

1. groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are

  Familiarity information: COSTAL GROOVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COSTAL GROOVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("costal groove" is a kind of...):

groove; vallecula ((anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part)