Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rete \Re"te\, n. [L., a net.] (Anat.)
   A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood
   vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.

Source : WordNet®

rete
     n : a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting
         nerves or intersecting lymph vessels [syn: {plexus}]
     [also: {retia} (pl)]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

rete
     
         /Re'te/ (From Latin "net") A net or
        network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or
        nerves, or a part resembling a network.
     
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        (2002-03-14)