See Also: kaoliang(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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intercostal(medicine)
intercostal(dictionary)
intercostal arteries(medicine)
intercostal nerves(medicine)
intercostal muscles(medicine)
intercostal muscle(medicine)
intercostal ligaments(medicine)

intercostal muscles (medicine) and kaoliang (iou)


intercostal muscles (medicine)


intercostal muscles
Respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib, and contract during inspiration or respiration.


kaoliang (iou)



kaoliang noun. E20.
[Chinese gaoliang, from gao (Wade-Giles kao) high + liang fine grain.]
A variety of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor var. nervosum, grown for grain in China and Manchuria.