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INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intercostal muscle mean?
• INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE (noun)
The noun INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE has 1 sense:
1. muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
Familiarity information: INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
intercostal; intercostal muscle; musculus intercostalis
Hypernyms ("intercostal muscle" is a kind of...):
skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)
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