TRUE RIB

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("true rib" is a kind of...):

costa; rib (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))

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