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Definition of Raphe
1. Noun. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
Specialized synonyms: Palatine Raphe
Group relationships: Scrotum
Generic synonyms: Ridge
Definition of Raphe
1. n. A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue.
Definition of Raphe
1. Noun. (context: anatomy botany) A ridge or seam on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, especially at the join between two halves or sections. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Raphe
1. a seamlike ridge between two halves of an organ or part [n RAPHAE or RAPHES]
Medical Definition of Raphe
1. The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovule that is fused along the side of the ovule. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raphe
Literary usage of Raphe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"Traced backward into the fissure, they enter the raphe, cross over the median
line, still in the raphe, and then bend upward and become longitudinal, ..."
2. Publications by Lancashire Parish Register Society, Oneida historical society (1908)
"1 February Mary d. of raphe Johnson allias Higginson Anne d. of Henry Pendleton of
... Route s. of John Chadwick of Manchester 17 „ Jane d. of raphe ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Under the experimental conditions employed, raphe units typically are regular in
rhythm and slow in rate (~ 1 to 2 spike/sec) (5). various intervals ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1853)
"is possible that in all these genera the raphe may be lateral, as in Schizandra
... Limnocharis Humboldtii has the ovules ascending with the raphe averse, ..."
5. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Benjamin Davies (1853)
"raphe (ï"*7) '• e- soß> written over the letter, is the opposite of both ...
lene or raphe, ..."
6. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1853)
"Inventory 29. 5. 1637. £485. 16s. Ralph Sprage, Air. Palmer, Thomas Ewer.
Inventory taken the m. 16. 1637. Am' £444. 13. raphe SAMUELL HAULE. (Charlestowne. ..."
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