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floating rib
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Noun
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floating
rib
(
plural
floating ribs
)
Either of the two lowermost (the eleventh and twelfth)
pairs
of
ribs
, which are attached only to the
vertebrae
and not to the
sternum
or its
cartilage
.
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true rib