Definition of Raphae

1. Noun. (plural of raphe) ¹

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Definition of Raphae

1. raphe [n] - See also: raphe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raphae

rapeable
raped
rapee
rapees
rapefest
rapeful
rapelike
raper
rapers
rapes
rapeseed
rapeseed oil
rapeseeds
rapey
rapfully
raphae (current term)
raphane
raphania
raphanias
raphanoid
raphany
raphe
raphe anococcygea
raphe corporis callosi
raphe linguae
raphe medullae oblongatae
raphe nuclei
raphe palati
raphe palpebralis lateralis

Literary usage of Raphae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1879)
"Both arise, one opposite the other, from the lower half of the raphae previously referred to, and pass to the adjacent sides of their respective digits. ..."

2. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal by Chas. W. Smiley (1899)
"... have straight or nearly straight raphae pipes, and also nodules of the first group, may not these structures be taken as indications of early types ? ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"His 'Communion of Saint Jerome,' now in the Vatican collection, has been considered, by some connoisseurs, inferior only to the 'Transfiguration' of raphae] ..."

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