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retia mirabilia

retia mirabilia is the plural of rete mirabile.

Meaning of rete mirabile

Noun

rete mirabile (plural retia mirabilia)

  1. A complex of blood vessels found in some vertebrates that preserves a gradient of a certain solute or particle, originally specifically the network of arterioles at the base of the brain in some ungulates and other mammals.
    • His description of the rete mirabile, the network of arteries at the base of the brain, shows he dissected animals as well as human corpses, since it does not exist in humans.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 65

Questions about retia mirabilia

What is retia mirabilia the plural of?
Retia mirabilia is the plural of rete mirabile.

Words near retia mirabilia in the dictionary

  1. rethunders
  2. rethunk
  3. Rethymno
  4. retia
  5. retia mirabila
  6. retia mirabilia
  7. retia testes
  8. retial
  9. retiari
  10. retiaries
  11. retiarii

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