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rete ovarii

[ ō-vâr′ē-ī′ ]

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n.

A transient network of cells in the developing ovary.

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Words nearby rete ovarii

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How to use rete ovarii in a sentence

The rete-penny was an ancient customary due of one penny for every person to the parish priest.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 472|Various
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 Stelwagon
The 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 Reeks
We 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 Reeks

In the human brain there is no rete mirabile, though such an organ is found in the calf.
The Legacy of Greece|Various