rete

Noun

Meaning

A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plexus louvre system network Reid frame screen net web tissue grid lattice mesh grating netting

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Antonyms

connector solution resolution interpretation answer explanation

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Hypernyms

structure anatomical structure bodily structure body structure complex body part

Hyponyms

rete testis choroid plexus nerve plexus lumbar plexus plexus lumbalis pterygoid plexus

Derivatives

retia

Anagrams

reet teer

Examples

In these sharks, a strip of aerobic red muscle located near the center of the body generates the heat, which the body retains via a countercurrent exchange mechanism by a system of blood vessels called the rete mirabile ("miraculous net"). Source: Internet

One of these adaptations is a " rete mirabile " (Latin for "wonderful net"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

retchlessness retcon retd Rete algorithm rete Malpighii rete mirabile