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Medical terminology · Body Parts and Disorders

cost/o — Rib

cost/o means rib. Latin source words and medical terminology examples: costal.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Rib

Examples and word parts

costal

Relating to a rib.

Word parts: cost (rib) + -al (relating to)

Recorded forms: cost-

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From the Word Radicals medical terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.

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