rete
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
a network, as of fibers, nerves, or blood vessels.
Origin of rete
1Other words from rete
- re·ti·al [ree-shee-uhl], /ˈri ʃi əl/, adjective
Words Nearby rete
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How to use rete in a sentence
The rete-penny was an ancient customary due of one penny for every person to the parish priest.
Mainly by removing the rete cells and with them the pigmentation; and partly, also, by stimulating the absorbents.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonThe rete Malpighii rests on a plane corium; the rent in the section is along the line of the cells of the rete (Mettam).
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksWe have thus produced hollow tubes, united together by cells, all arising from the rete Malpighii of the coronary corium.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksIn the human brain there is no rete mirabile, though such an organ is found in the calf.
The Legacy of Greece | Various
British Dictionary definitions for rete
/ (ˈriːtɪ) /
anatomy any network of nerves or blood vessels; plexus
Origin of rete
1Derived forms of rete
- retial, adjective
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