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Definition of Retiform
1. a. Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
Definition of Retiform
1. Adjective. Having the form of a net; reticulate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retiform
1. arranged like a net [adj]
Medical Definition of Retiform
1. Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye. Origin: L. Rete a net. Cf. F. Retiforme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retiform
Literary usage of Retiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"... lymphoid follicle, such as those of the tonsils or of Г in the intestine :
consisting, like these, of retiform tissue ramp network of branched cells, ..."
2. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"THE retiform OR RETICULAR (ADENOID) CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE INTESTINAL Mucous
MEMBRANE. The various structures which occupy the mucous membrane of the ..."
3. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"THE retiform OR RETICULAR (ADENOID) CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE INTESTINAL Mucous
MEMBRANE. The various structures which occupy the mucous membrane of the ..."
4. A course of practical histology by Edward Albert Sharpey- Schafer, Edward Albert Schäfer (1877)
"... is but slightly coloured by the logwood, only the cell-nuclei, and, to a much
less extent, the branching cells of the retiform tissue being stained. ..."
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