HyperDic: intercostal_muscle

English > 1 sense of the expression intercostal muscle:
NOUNbodyintercostal muscle, intercostal, musculus intercostalismuscles between the ribs
English > intercostal muscle: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningmuscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration.
Synonymsintercostal, musculus intercostalis
Broaderskeletal muscle, striated muscleA muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton
Spanishintercostal, músculo intercostal, musculus intercostalis
Catalanintercostal, múscul intercostal, músculs intercostals, musculus intercostalis

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