intercostal muscle

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   muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration

   Synonymsintercostalmusculus intercostalis

   Broaderskeletal muscle

Questions about intercostal muscle

What does intercostal muscle mean?

intercostal muscle means "muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration".

What is another word for intercostal muscle?

Close synonyms include intercostal, musculus intercostalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intercostal muscle a common word?

intercostal muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.