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Definition of Raphae
1. raphe [n] - See also: raphe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raphae
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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