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- noun A plane located halfway between the
suprasternal notch and the upper border of thesymphysis pubis ; this indicates the margin of the transpyloric plane, which in most cases cuts through thepylorus , the tips of the ninth costal cartilages and the lower border of the first lumbar vertebra.
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