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true rib

American  

noun

Anatomy.

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

true rib British  

noun

  1. any of the upper seven pairs of ribs in man

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Etymology

Origin of true rib

First recorded in 1735–45

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