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noun
A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A longitudinal median groove in the valve of many diatoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
a ridge that forms a seam between two parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rhaphe
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Broader terms: ridge
Narrower terms: palatine raphe
History
Borrowed from New Latin raphē, from Ancient Greek ῥᾰφή (rhăphḗ, “seam; suture”).
Across languages
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