| 单词 | floating ribs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfloating ribs a. Having little, or comparatively no attachment; disconnected. floating ribs (see quot. 1860). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [adjective] abjunct1610 detached1706 free1720 loosea1728 disengaged1794 floating1806 unattacheda1821 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 273 A number of torn floating membranes. 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 30 Twelfth Rib. This rib..has been called the floating rib. 1840 F. D. Bennett Narr. Whaling Voy. 175 Tentacles..spread out loose and floating. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Floating Ribs, the last two of the false ribs, whose anterior extremities are not connected to the rest or to each other. 1879 J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women ix. 95 There are achings in cases of what is called floating kidney. < as lemmas |
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