intercostal

intercostal has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• a.. Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.
• n.. muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
• a.. located or occurring between the ribs; "intercostal muscles"