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rete
[ ree-tee ]
noun
- a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- a network, as of fibers, nerves, or blood vessels.
rete
/ ˈriːtɪ /
noun
- anatomy any network of nerves or blood vessels; plexus
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Derived Forms
- ˈretial, adjective
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Other Words From
- re·ti·al [ree, -shee-, uh, l], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rete1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rete1
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Example Sentences
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.
The rete Malpighii rests on a plane corium; the rent in the section is along the line of the cells of the rete (Mettam).
We have thus produced hollow tubes, united together by cells, all arising from the rete Malpighii of the coronary corium.
In the human brain there is no rete mirabile, though such an organ is found in the calf.
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