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noun Anatomy.

the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.

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Origin of rib cage

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby rib cage

ribbon strip, ribbon window, ribbonwood, ribbon worm, ribby, rib cage, Ribeirão Prêto, Ribera, rib eye, ribgrass, rib-knit

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How to use rib cage in a sentence

That, along with flexible rib cages, helps those mammals’ lungs collapse as water pressure increases.
Readers ask about Cuvier’s beaked whales, microbes in the atmosphere and more|Science News Staff|January 10, 2021|Science News
Justin Fields fell to the turf, pain pulsating through his body after the helmet of a defender smashed into his rib cage.
Justin Fields outduels Trevor Lawrence as Ohio State upsets Clemson in playoff semifinal|Emily Giambalvo, Kareem Copeland|January 2, 2021|Washington Post
Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maybe I could turn all these quarters into some kind of rib-sticking casserole.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But you wonder how even the sane keep from losing their minds when you step into a cell—or rather a cage—at Graterford.
Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On|Tina Brown|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is empty, the door swung open—perhaps the bird has already flown, or perhaps the cage awaits its next inhabitant.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, in 2000 a 9.0-rated Action Comics No.1 owned by Nicolas Cage was stolen from his house.
The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con|Sujay Kumar|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So Hettie put the chicken in a cage, with some wool to cover it, and fed it several times every day, till it came to know her.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
The 'cage' was simply an arrangement for 'straiter custody,' though but rarely judged necessary in the case of ladies.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Across the middle of the cage a stout barricade has been erected, and behind the barricade sits the Master, pale but defiant.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
Benny gave them no peace at all until they had admired his wonderful new stockings, and felt of each rib.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
A long, portable cage had been put together on the stage during the intermission, and within it the ten pacing beasts.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith

British Dictionary definitions for rib cage

ribcage

/ (ˈrɪbˌkeɪdʒ) /

noun

the bony structure consisting of the ribs and their connective tissue that encloses and protects the lungs, heart, etc

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Scientific definitions for rib cage

rib cage

The bony structure in the chest formed by the ribs and sternum (breastbone) that encloses and protects the heart and lungs.

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