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costal, a. (n.)|ˈkɒstəl|
[a. F. costal (Paré, 16th c.), ad. med. or mod.L. costāl-is, f. costa rib: see costa1.]
1. Phys. Pertaining to or connected with the ribs.
costal respiration: respiration produced chiefly by the movements of the ribs; opposed to abdominal or diaphragmatic respiration.
1634T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. 571 The sharp splinters pricke the costall membrane. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 281/1 The costal vertebræ. 1878Foster Phys. ii. ii. §1. 259 The movement of the upper chest characteristic of female breathing, which is called costal.
†b. (See quot.) Obs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. x. 203 Whereby are excluded all cetaceous..fishes, many pectinall, whose ribs are rectilineall, many costall, which have their ribs embowed.
2. Nat. Hist., etc. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a costa1, q.v. Hence costal-nerved adj.
1839Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 927/1 The costal nervure is the first longitudinal nervure of the wing. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. iii. §4. 92 Leaves..Costal-nerved, the nerves springing from a midrib or costa.
B. n.
†1. The side. Obs. rare.
1634Malory's Arth. vii. xii. (1816) I. 235 Sir Beaumains smote him through the costal [ed. Caxton cost] of the body.
2. Anat. and Zool. Short for costal vein, muscle, plate, etc.
1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 405 Pelvis of five plates, supporting five costals. 1852Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. i. 282 The great lateral costals.
Hence ˈcostally adv., in a costal manner, position, or direction; in reference to the costa. |