COSTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does costal mean? 

• COSTAL (adjective)
  The adjective COSTAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or near a rib

  Familiarity information: COSTAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COSTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near a rib

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Pertainym:

rib (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))

Derivation:

costa (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))

costa (a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing))

 Context examples 

The area under the left costal margin of the ribs.

(Left Hypochondriac Region, NCI Thesaurus)

A hole in the base of the chest formed by the twelfth vertebrae, tenth and twelfth ribs, costal arch and the xiphoid process through which arteries, veins and nerves pass.

(Lower Opening of the Thorax, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyaline cartilaginous joint between the ribs and costal cartilage.

(Costochondral Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper central region of the abdomen between the costal margins and the subcostal plane.

(Epigastric Region, NCI Thesaurus)

The seventh hyaline cartilaginous joint between the ribs and costal cartilage.

(Costochondral Joint 7, NCI Thesaurus)

The first hyaline cartilaginous joint between the ribs and costal cartilage.

(Costochondral Joint 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition of the newborn marked by dyspnea with cyanosis, heralded by such prodromal signs as dilatation of the alae nasi, expiratory grunt, and retraction of the suprasternal notch or costal margins, mostly frequently occurring in premature infants, children of diabetic mothers, and infants delivered by cesarean section, and sometimes with no apparent predisposing cause.

(Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Each lung is irregularly conical in shape, presenting a blunt upper extremity (the apex), a concave base following the curve of the diaphragm, an outer convex surface (costal surface), an inner or mediastinal surface (mediastinal surface), a thin and sharp anterior border, and a thick and rounded posterior border.

(Lung, NCI Thesaurus)