TRUE RIB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does true rib mean? 

• TRUE RIB (noun)
  The noun TRUE RIB has 1 sense:

1. one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum

  Familiarity information: TRUE RIB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUE RIB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("true rib" is a kind of...):

costa; rib (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))