Floating-rib
noun, Anatomy.
1.
one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
noun
1.
any rib of the lower two pairs of ribs in man, which are not attached to the breastbone
floating rib n.
Any of the two lowest pairs of ribs with no anterior attachment to the sternum. Also called vertebral rib.
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