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nounany of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
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nouna riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
Definition that contains costa
- colon the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
- pentecostal any member of a Pentecostal religious body
- pentecostal of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members
- gunboat a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols
- centimo a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain
- vena musculophrenica veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen
- costoaxillary vein one of several veins connecting intercostal veins with the lateral thoracic vein or the thoracoepigastric vein
- pentecostalism the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues
- central american country any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
- intercostal artery several arteries and supplying the intercostal spaces of the rib cage