true rib

true rib

noun Anatomy.
one member of the first seven pairs of ribs that are attached in humans to the sternum by costal cartilages.

Origin:
1735–45
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true rib
 
n
any of the upper seven pairs of ribs in man

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true rib n.
Any of the seven upper pairs of ribs attached to the sternum by costal cartilage.

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