Usually means: Bone structure protecting thoracic cavity.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. rib cage: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rib cage: Merriam-Webster
  3. rib cage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rib cage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rib cage: Vocabulary.com
  6. rib-cage: Wordnik
  7. rib cage: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. rib-cage, rib cage: Wiktionary
  9. rib cage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. rib cage: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. rib cage: Dictionary.com
  12. Rib cage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. rib cage: Rhymezone
  14. rib cage: FreeDictionary.org
  15. rib cage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. rib cage: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rib cage: Legal dictionary
  2. rib cage: Financial dictionary

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  1. rib cage: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. rib cage: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Cage, rib, Rib cage: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. rib cage: Medical dictionary
  4. Cage, rib, Rib cage: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See rib_cages as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rib cage)

noun:  (anatomy) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.
noun:  The enclosed area created by and within the ribs.

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