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Rete
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Rete has 1 sense
- rete(n = noun.body) plexus - a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels; Array is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
has particulars: aortic plexus, nerve plexus, choroid plexus, plexus choroideus, lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis, pterygoid plexus, rete testis
CIDE DICTIONARY
Rete, n. [L., a net.].
A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Rete, n. (pl. retia) Anat. an elaborate network or plexus of blood vessels and nerve cells.
Etymology
L rete net
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