RAPHE
\ɹˈaf], \ɹˈaf], \ɹ_ˈa_f]\
Definitions of RAPHE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A name given to prominent lines resembling a raised stitch. Such is the raphe or tramis which divides the scrotum into two parts, and which extends from the anterior part of the anus to the extremity of the penis. The name Raphe seu Raphe superior seu Linea Mediana seu Sutura corporis callosi externa seu chorda longitudinalis Lancisii is, also, given to two prominent linea which are longitudinal and parallel, and are seen at the upper surface of the corpus callosum, extending from the anterior to the posterior extremity of that commissure.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Literally, a seam; hence (its ordinary meaning) a line projecting above the surrounding surface like a seam, especially the line that marks the junction of the two lateral halves of the scrotum.
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In anatomy and surgery, a suture.
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In botany, the portion of the funiculus which becomes adnate to the body of the ovule in seeds.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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