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ligamentum costotransversarium laterale (medicine)


ligamentum costotransversarium laterale -->
lateral costotransverse ligament
<anatomy> The short quadrangular ligament, actually a thickening of the posterior aspect of the costotransverse joint, extending from the tip of the transverse process to the posterior surface of the neck of the rib.

Synonym: ligamentum costotransversarium laterale, ligamentum costotransversarium posterius, ligamentum tuberculi costae, posterior costotransverse ligament.


pig(1) (iou)



pig noun1. ME.
colloq. a bout of eating a large amount of Food; pigpen US a pigsty; pig-root verb intrans. (Austral. & NZ slang) (of a horse) buck; pig's breakfast colloq. an unappetizing or messy thing; pig's ear rhyming slang beer; (see also make a pig's ear above); pigsty (a) a pen for pigs, consisting of a shed and an open yard; (b) transf. a dirty or disorganized place; pig's wash (a) = pigswill below; (b) derog. weak inferior liquor; pig's whisper (a) dial. a low whisper; (b) slang a very brief space of time; pigswill kitchen refuse and scraps fed to pigs; pigwash pigswill; pig-washing Metallurgy the refining of molten pig-iron by treatment with iron oxide etc.; pigweed any of various plants used as animal fodder, esp. fat-hen, Chenopodium album, various weedy amaranths (genus Amaranthus), and (Austral.) the purslane, Portulaca oleracea.
piglike adjective & adverb like (that of) a pig E17.