lèi​jiān​jī

intercostal muscle

  • created sense approved 肋间肌/肋間肌 · lèi​jiān​jī · intercostal muscle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肋间肌 / 肋間肌

    lèi​jiān​jī

    intercostal muscle

    the muscles situated between the ribs that facilitate breathing by moving the rib cage up and down

    lèi​jiàn​jī, lè​jiān​jī

    肋 (literal) → 肋 · lèi · rib 间 (literal) → 间/間 · jiān · between 肌 (literal) → 肌 · jī · muscle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense