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Intercostal

noun

Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration. Synonyms: intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis.

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... of the coroner's physician came next. The post-mortem examination showed that the bullet had entered the chest in the fourth left intercostal space and had taken an oblique course downward and backward, piercing both the heart and lungs. The left lung was collapsed, and the exit point of the ball had been found in the muscles of the back to the left of the spinal ...

— The Circular Staircase • Mary Roberts Rinehart

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