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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the ribs that are attached to the sternum by a costal cartilage, especially any of the seven upper ribs on either side of the thorax in humans.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum
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