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floating rib
floating ribn. A false rib whose anterior end is unattached. The lowest two pairs of human ribs are floating ribs.floating rib n (Anatomy) any rib of the lower two pairs of ribs in man, which are not attached to the breastbone float′ing rib′
n. any member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, not attached to the sternum or the cartilages of other ribs. floating rib
floating rib any rib of the lower two pairs of ribs in man, which are not attached to the breastbone floating rib[¦flōd·iŋ ′rib] (anatomy) One of the last two ribs in humans which have the anterior end free. ThesaurusSeerib |