Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any of the intercostal muscles.

  2. Something that is between the ribs of an animal.

    muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration

  3. Hull reinforcing inserted between frames or bulkheads of a boat.

Forms

plural: intercostals
Singularintercostal
Pluralintercostals

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
intercostalis
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
intercominterconnectintercourseinterculturalinterdependent
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