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true rib

noun Anatomy.

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

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Origin of true rib

First recorded in 1735–45

Words nearby true rib

Trueman, true north, true pelvis, truepenny, true rhyme, true rib, true time, true to, true vocal cord, true vocal cords, Truffaut
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British Dictionary definitions for true rib

true rib

noun

any of the upper seven pairs of ribs in man
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Medical definitions for true rib

true rib

n.

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