rib cage
noun
: the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them
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Crunch up and twist your right shoulder and rib cage toward your left knee while stretching your left leg straight.
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Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
There was also a hematoma behind abdominal living, bleeding in the space with the abdominal and pelvic organs, and blood in the space between lungs and the rib cage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Marvel’s Avengers had to awkwardly insert bizarre loot like finding drops of Black Widow belts or Hulk rib cages.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
This pain is usually described as a squeezing, pressing, or burning pain in the center of the chest or just below the center of the rib cage.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
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Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
There was also a hematoma behind abdominal living, bleeding in the space with the abdominal and pelvic organs, and blood in the space between lungs and the rib cage.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Marvel’s Avengers had to awkwardly insert bizarre loot like finding drops of Black Widow belts or Hulk rib cages.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
This pain is usually described as a squeezing, pressing, or burning pain in the center of the chest or just below the center of the rib cage.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for rib cage
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“Rib cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rib%20cage. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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