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121Rib spreader — A rib spreader is a retractor specifically designed to separate ribs in thoracic surgery. Rack and pinion type rib spreaders were an innovation introduced by French surgeon Theodore Truffier in 1914. This was later modified by Argentinian surgeon …
122Rib-X Pharmaceuticals — [http://www.rib x.com Rib X Pharmaceuticals] is a privately held New Haven, Connecticut based development stage biopharmaceutical company, founded in 2001 to develop small molecule antibiotics to treat serious multi drug resistant bacterial… …
123Rib, cervical — A extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra. It is located above the normal first rib. A cervical rib is present in only about 1 in 200 (0.5%) of people. It may cause nerve and artery problems. There are normally 12 pairs of ribs… …
124Rib-Addi — Governor of Byblos reigns of Amenophis III and Akhenaten, c.1417 1370 BC. Rib Addi was the Governor of Byblos, a vassal state of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty; he is known from the extensive correspondence he carried on with the… …
125rib-knit — noun also ribbed knit ˈrib(d)ˌnit 1. : a knitting with a ribbed pattern 2. : a fabric or a piece of fabric knitted with a ribbed pattern a dress with collars and cuffs of rib knit * * * /rib nit /, adj. 1. (of a knitt …
126rib-tickler — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ( ̷ ̷ ) ̷ ̷ noun : something that provokes laughter * * * ˈrib tickler 7 [rib tickler rib ticklers] noun (informal) a funny joke or story …
127Rib-band lines — Ribband Rib band , n. [Rib + band.] [Written also riband, and ribbon.] (Shipbuilding) A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework. [1913… …
128Rib Falls, Wisconsin — Infobox Settlement official name = Rib Falls, Wisconsin settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Rib Falls, Wisconsin mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type =… …
