vertebrocostal love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as costovertebral: as, the vertebrocostal articulation of the head of a rib with the body or centrum of a vertebra. Compare costotransverse.
  • Same as vertebrochondral: as, man has three pairs of vertebrocostal ribs.

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  • adjective anatomy Relating to the vertebra and rib.

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