Definitions for rete

rete re·te

Spelling: [ree-tee]
IPA: /ˈri ti/

Rete is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in rete (eert).

Definitions for rete

noun

  1. a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
  2. a network, as of fibers, nerves, or blood vessels.

Origin of rete

1350-1400; Middle English riet Latin rēte net

Examples for rete

The mucines are also constituents of the cells of the rete malpighi.

The epithelia of the rete mucosum are swollen and stretched.

This plexus is called by modern anatomists the rete mirabile.

As the rete revolves, it points to the different degrees of the border.

The rete mirabile is an interesting survival of Galenic anatomy.

Drop the disc (fig. 5) within the border of the mother, and the rete over it.

The principal one of these was the ‘rete’ and is shown in Fig. 2.

The main artery of the fore- and hind-limbs breaks up into a rete mirabile of numerous small parallel branches.

Their cheeks may sometimes have a tinge of pink, but this is usually veiled by the darker tint of the "rete mucosum."

The principal one of these, called the 'rete,' is shewn in Fig. 2.

Word Value for rete
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4

Words with friends

4

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