a. Anat. [mod. f. L. costa rib + -fer bearing + -OUS: see -FEROUS. Cf. F. costifère.] Bearing ribs.

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1878.  Bell, Gegenbaur’s Comp. Anat., 431. The costiferous transverse processes. Ibid., 440. The various costiferous portions of the vertebral column.

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