English Explanatory Dictionary

floating rib

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

floating rib floating ribs
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