"rib cage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rib cages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rib cage (plural rib cages)
  1. (anatomy) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae. Categories (topical): Skeleton Synonyms: thoracic cage, ribcage, rib-cage Translations (part of skeleton): القَفَص الصَدْرِيّ (al-qafaṣ aṣ-ṣadriyy) [masculine] (Arabic), القفص الصدري (el-ʔafaṣ e-ṣaḍri or e-qafaṣ e-ṣaḍri) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), гръден кош (grǎden koš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 胸部 (xiōngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 胸膛 (xiōngtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), hrudní koš [masculine] (Czech), ribbenkast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), torako (Esperanto), rintakehä (Finnish), cage thoracique [feminine] (French), Brustkorb [masculine] (German), Brustkasten [masculine] (German), θώρακας (thórakas) [masculine] (Greek), àwazā̀ [feminine] (Hausa), rintakletka (Ingrian), cassa toracica [feminine] (Italian), gabbia toracica [feminine] (Italian), 胸郭 (kyōkaku) (alt: きょうかく) (Japanese), haran-tratra (Malagasy), azhiʼtsʼin (Navajo), qefesa sîngê (Northern Kurdish), klatka piersiowa [feminine] (Polish), caixa torácica [feminine] (Portuguese), chascha dal pèz [feminine] (Romansch), грудна́я кле́тка (grudnája klétka) [feminine] (Russian), caja torácica [feminine] (Spanish), bröstkorg [common-gender] (Swedish), banis (Tok Pisin), göğüs kafesi (Turkish), lồng ngực (Vietnamese), cawell asennau [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-rib_cage-en-noun-JKdbuxHS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'part of skeleton': 96 4
  2. The enclosed area created by and within the ribs.
    Sense id: en-rib_cage-en-noun-eEeXHw3i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (cavity created by the ribs): ribbenkast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), borstholte [feminine] (Dutch), rintakehä (Finnish), cage thoracique [feminine] (French), cassa toracica [feminine] (Italian), gabbia toracica [feminine] (Italian), sîngekelên (Northern Kurdish), грудна́я кле́тка (grudnája klétka) [feminine] (Russian), göğüs kafesi (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'cavity created by the ribs': 46 54

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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cavity created by the ribs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cage thoracique"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cavity created by the ribs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cassa toracica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cavity created by the ribs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gabbia toracica"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "cavity created by the ribs",
      "word": "sîngekelên"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grudnája klétka",
      "sense": "cavity created by the ribs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "грудна́я кле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cavity created by the ribs",
      "word": "göğüs kafesi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rib cage"
}

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