rete

noun

An anatomical mesh or network, as of veins, arteries, or nerves.

noun

In certain astrolabes, a movable skeleton framework cut out of a circular sheet of metal, and lying between the planisphere and the diopter or alidade. It carries one or two pointers, also an eccentric ring marked with the signs of the zodiac, and several curved arms indicating the place of the pole of the ecliptic and of certain stars.

noun

In anatomy, a vascular network; a plexus, glomerulus, or congeries of small vessels: in botany, a structure like network.

noun

A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

noun

A network of blood vessels or nerves.

noun

An anatomical part resembling or including a network.

noun

a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels