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costotransverse

adjective cos·to·trans·verse \ ˌkäs-tə-tran(t)s-ˈvərs , -tō- , -tranz- , -ˈtran(t)s-ˌ , -ˈtranz-ˌ \

medical Definition of costotransverse

: relating to or connecting a rib and the transverse process of a vertebra

a costotransverse joint

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