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noun
A complex of blood vessels found in some vertebrates that preserves a gradient of a certain solute or particle, originally specifically the network of arterioles at the base of the brain in some ungulates and other mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Medieval Latin rete mirabile (literally “wonderful net”) (14th century).
Across languages
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