What does "vertebrochondral" mean?

Of or relating to ribs (specifically, the eighth, ninth, and tenth ribs) connected to vertebrae at one end and at the other with costal cartilages of other ribs; vertebrocostal, but not vertebrosternal.

Vertebrochondral

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Adjective

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Of or relating to ribs (specifically, the eighth, ninth, and tenth ribs) connected to vertebrae at one end and at the other with costal cartilages of other ribs; vertebrocostal, but not vertebrosternal. not-comparable

Etymology

From vertebro- + chondral.

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