See Also: Dada(encyclopedia)
Dada(dictionary)
Amin Dada, Idi(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Amin (Dada Oumee), Idi(encyclopedia)
subcostal(medicine)
subcostal muscle(medicine)
subcostal plane(medicine)
subcostal nerve(medicine)
subcostal groove(medicine)

subcostal line (medicine) and Dada (sh)


subcostal line (medicine)


subcostal line


A transverse line transecting the inferiormost border of the thoracic cage, indicating the subcostal plane.

See: subcostal plane.

Synonym: linea subcostalis.


Dada (sh)




Nihilistic movement in the arts.

It originated in Zurich, Switz., in 1916 and flourished in New York City, Paris, and the German cities of Berlin, Cologne, and Hannover in the early 20th century. The name, French for "hobbyhorse," was selected by a chance procedure and adopted by a group of artists, including Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, and Francis Picabia, to symbolize their emphasis on the illogical and absurd. The movement grew out of disgust with bourgeois values and despair over World War I. The archetypal Dada forms of expression were the nonsense poem and the ready-made. Dada had far-reaching effects on the Art of the 20th century; the creative techniques of accident and chance were sustained in Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, conceptual Art, and Pop Art.