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rete

[ ree-tee ]

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noun

, plural re·ti·a [ree, -shee-, uh, -sh, uh, -tee-, uh].

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 /

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Origin of rete¹

1350–1400; Middle English riet < Latin rēte net

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Origin of rete¹

C14 (referring to a metal network used with an astrolabe): from Latin rēte net

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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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