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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 costal cartilage 名詞
 肋軟骨

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Car·ti·lage n.  Anat. A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
 Note: ☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication.
 Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines the joints.
 Cartilage bone Anat., any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
 Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cos·tal a.
 1. Anat. Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.
 2. Bot. & Zool. Relating to a costa, or rib.
 Costal cartilage. See Cartilage, and Illust. of Thorax.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 costal cartilage
      n : the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the
          ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in
          respiration