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false ribs

the five lower ribs on each side of the human body: so called because not directly attached to the sternum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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