单词 | marvellous net |
释义 | > as lemmasmarvellous net b. Anatomy and Zoology. More fully †marvellous net, wonderful net. A rete mirabile (see rete n. 2a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > [noun] > bundle or network rete mirabile?a1425 net?c1425 thrum1615 glomus1839 transverse sinus1840 tuft1848 glomerule1856 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 41 Þe mervaylouse nette [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. rethe; L. rethe] is sytede vnder the pannicles wouen oonly wiþ arteries comynge fro the herte. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 22 (MED) Tweyne neþere emunctorys of þe brayn..is holowȝ & ykeuerid wiþ a wondirful nett the which strecchiþ him sumwhat fro þe Glandula. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 466 That place where the wonderfull Net is made by those soporarie Arteries. 1875 E. L. Sturtevant & J. N. Sturtevant Dairy Cow 207 These acini are surrounded by a network of capillaries, which form a rete or net on their surface. 1932 Ecol. Monogr. 2 444 This rete mirabile, i.e. this wonderful net, was first described [in fishes] by Quekett. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes v. 64/1 Such a bundle of capillaries is called a rete mirabile (wonderful net), or rete for short. < as lemmas |
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