retiform

American  

[ree-tuh-fawrm, ret-uh-] / ˈri təˌfɔrm, ˈrɛt ə- /

adjective

1. netlike; reticulate.

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retiform British  

/ ˈrɛt-, ˈriːtɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. rare netlike; reticulate

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Etymology

Origin of retiform

1685–95; < New Latin rētiformis, equivalent to Latin rēt- (stem of rēte ) net + -i- -i- + -formis -form

Example Sentences

The impressions, ‘laid up in the brain, will be reversed back to the retiform coat and crystalline humour,’ hence ‘a lively seeing, as if, de novo, the object had been placed before the eye’. 

From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew

Retina, a retiform expansion of the sensatory nerves, which receives the impression that gives rise to vision, or visual perception.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin