| 释义 |
retiform, a.|ˈriːtɪfɔːm|
[ad. mod.L. rētiform-is, f. rēte net: see -form. So F. rétiforme, It., Sp., and Pg. retiforme.]
Having the form of a net.
1691Ray Creation ii. (1692) 27 The retiform tunicle is whitish, for the better and more true Reception of the Species of things. 1704Ibid. (ed. 4) 292 If any [light] be by the retiform Coat reflected. 1777T. Percival Ess. I. 15 A..canal,..divided into similar lesser ones,..at last collected into a retiform contexture. 1803Med. Jrnl. X. 238 The most beautiful retiform distribution I ever beheld. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 106/2 Organs of respiration retiform or aërian. 1876J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (1878) 21 The central nervous organs and the lymphatic glands possess a peculiar form of connective tissue, termed ‘retiform’.
Hence † retiˈformous a. Obs. rare—1.
1730Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. I. xiv. §10 Encompassed and fastened together by a Reti-formous Body lying between the Cutis and Cuticula. |