| reticulate | Forming a network. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| reticulated | 1. Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure. 2. Having veins, fibres, or lines crossing like the threads or fibres of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect. Reticulated glass, ornamental ware made from glass in which one set of white or coloured lines seems to meet and interlace with another set in a different plane. Reticulated micrometer, a micrometer for an optical instrument, consisting of a reticule in the focus of an eyepiece. Reticulated work, work constructed with diamond-shaped stones, or square stones placed diagonally. Origin: L. Reticulatus. See Reticule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| reticulated bone | Bony tissue characteristic of the embryonal skeleton, in which the collagen fibres of the matrix are arranged irregularly in the form of interlacing networks. Synonym: nonlamellar bone, reticulated bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reticulated corpuscle | <haematology> Immature red blood cells normally restricted to the bone marrow and present in the blood stream in very low numbers (0.2-2%). An increase in numbers indicates increased proliferation in the bone marrow, for example following chemotherapy. (09 Oct 1997) |
| confluent and reticulate papillomatosis | Discrete and confluent gray-brown papules of the anterior and posterior mid-chest, spreading gradually; Malassezia furfur has been found in the keratin layer. Synonym: Gougerot-Carteaud syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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