Usually means: Ribs indirectly attached to sternum.
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  1. false rib: Merriam-Webster
  2. false rib: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. false rib: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. false rib: Wiktionary
  5. false rib: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. false rib: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. false rib: Dictionary.com
  8. False rib: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. false rib: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. false rib: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. false rib: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. False rib, Rib, false: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. false rib: Medical dictionary
  5. False rib, Rib, false: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (false rib)

▸ noun:  Any of the ribs that do not articulate directly with the sternum, but connect indirectly via cartilage.

Similar:
floating rib, short rib, costal cartilage, synapophysis, abdominal rib, subcostalis, rib cage, pleurapophysis, tendron, costochondritis, more...

Opposite:
true rib, vertebrosternal rib

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Similar:
floating rib, short rib, costal cartilage, synapophysis, abdominal rib, subcostalis, rib cage, pleurapophysis, tendron, costochondritis, more...

Opposite:
true rib, vertebrosternal rib



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