Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, situated below or beneath a rib; subcostal: as, an infracostal artery, nerve, or muscle.
- noun An infracostal muscle.
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Examples
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He compressed between 2 fingers the flesh circumjacent to a cicatrice in the left infracostal region below the diaphragm resulting from a sting inflicted 2 weeks and 3 days previously (23 May 1904) by a bee.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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He compressed between 2 fingers the flesh circumjacent to a cicatrice in the left infracostal region below the diaphragm resulting from a sting inflicted 2 weeks and 3 days previously (23
Ulysses 2003
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