Costal vs Costochondritis - What's the difference?
costal | costochondritis |
Pertaining to a rib.
(biology) Pertaining to a costa
# (entomology) Pertaining to the costa and/or to the wing areas next to it
(medicine) A benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 25, author=Barron H. Lerner, title=When the Disease Eludes a Diagnosis, work=New York Times
, passage=For example, many patients with chest pain carry a diagnosis of costochondritis (inflammation of the chest wall bones) or gastroesophageal reflux (regurgitation of stomach acid into the esophagus). }}
As an adjective costal
is pertaining to a rib.As a noun costochondritis is
(medicine) a benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs.costal
English
(wikipedia costal)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* intercostal ----costochondritis
English
Noun
(-) (wikipedia costochondritis)citation