Relating to both the ribs and the thorax (chest cavity); describing structures or conditions involving the rib cage and chest as a unit.
From Latin costae 'ribs' plus Greek thorax 'breastplate or chest.' A comprehensive anatomical term encompassing the entire rib cage structure.
This term appears often in chest X-ray reports and medical papers because radiologists need a word that captures everything about the rib cage together—costothoracic pathology means 'something's wrong with your entire chest structure.'
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