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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

costovertebral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cos-tover-te-bral
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra

Example Sentences

Etymology

From costa + vertebral.

Synonyms

vertebrocostal

Rhymes With

vertebral intervertebral paravertebral prevertebral sacrovertebral subvertebral perivertebral basivertebral protovertebral oculoauriculovertebral postvertebral craniovertebral

Questions

What does costovertebral mean?
Connecting a rib with the body of a vertebra
Where does costovertebral come from?
From costa + vertebral.

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