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FALSE RIBS

\fˈɒls ɹˈɪbz], \fˈɒls ɹˈɪbz], \f_ˈɒ_l_s ɹ_ˈɪ_b_z]\

Definitions of FALSE RIBS

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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The asternal ribs.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Those ribs whose cartilaginous ventral ends do not join the sternum directly, if at all.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

the ribs not attached directly to the sternum.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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