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costo-|ˈkɒstəʊ|
taken as combining form of L. costa a rib, in anatomical and physiological terms, mostly in sense ‘pertaining to, or connecting, the ribs and{ddd}’, as in costo-abdominal, -central, -chondral [Gr. χόνδρος cartilage], pertaining to the ribs and their cartilages, -clavicular, -colic [colon1], -coracoid, -pubic, -scapular, -sternal, -thoracic, -trachelian [Gr. τράχηλος neck], -transversal, -transverse, connecting the ribs and the transverse processes of the vertebræ, -vertebral, -xiphoid. Also costo-inferior, -superior (respiration), in which the chief movements are those of the inferior or superior ribs (cf. costal 1); ˈcostotome [Gr. -τοµος cutting], an instrument for cutting through the ribs or costal cartilages in dissection.
1842E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. 111 The costo-clavicular ligament..connecting the sternal extremity of the clavicle with the cartilage of the first rib. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 359/2 [The axillary artery] is..protected by the costo-coracoid ligament. Ibid. IV. 335/2 The costo-inferior and abdominal types [of respiration] in boys. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 191 Middle Costo-Transverse Ligament. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 8/2 The costoxiphoid ligament. |