COSTO-PUBIC

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 19

adj. Koast"o-puab'iak. For deriv., see COSTA and PUBES. Fr., cos to-pubien. Pertaining to the ribs and to the pubic bone; as a n., the rectus abdominis muscle. [L, 41.] [s. 424]