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Rathke's clefts

Rathke's clefts is the plural of Rathke's cleft.

Meaning of Rathke's cleft

Noun

Rathke's cleft (plural Rathke's clefts)

  1. A cleft between the pars distalis and pars intermedia in certain organisms, where the proliferating anterior wall does not fully occupy Rathke's pouch.

Questions about Rathke's clefts

What is Rathke's clefts the plural of?
Rathke's clefts is the plural of Rathke's cleft.

Words near Rathke's clefts in the dictionary

  1. Rathjen
  2. Rathjens
  3. Rathjes
  4. Rathke
  5. Rathke's cleft
  6. Rathke's clefts
  7. Rathke's pouch
  8. Rathke's pouches
  9. Rathkeale
  10. Rathkes
  11. Rathlin

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