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Rete ridge
One of the down growths of epithelium surrounding the connective tissue papillae in the irregular internal surface of the epidermis. Microscopic sections often appear as single down growths when in fact the epithelium is in a series of interconnecting ridges at the dermis-epidermis interface.
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Reteplase
A thrombolytic drug used to treat acute myocardial infarction.
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Retention with overflow
A spasm of the urinary sphincter, causing failure to empty the bladder at one voiding, with only overflow dribbling away. It results from the same causes as urinary retention.
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Vertebral rete
One of two plexuses within the vertebral canal that extends from the foramen magnum to the coccyx. These retia lie posteriorly and laterally to the dura and between the dura and the arches of the vertebrae.
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Rete subpapillare
A network of vessels between the papillary and reticular layers of the dermis.
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Rete ovarii
A layer of cells in the broad ligament and mesovarium of the ovary. It is homologous to rete testes in men.
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Rete mirabile
A plexus formed by the abrupt division of a vessel into capillaries that reunite to form one vessel, as in the glomeruli of the kidneys.
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Rete cutaneum
A network of blood vessels at the junction of the dermis and superficial fascia.
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Arterial rete
A vascular arterial network just before the point where arteries become capillaries.
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Retarder
A biomaterial used in dentistry to slow the rate at which impression materials gel, set, or polymerize.
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