RET- 
retrocaecal (rét’rés@kal) a. [L. retro, 
ards ; caecus, Siescasy Behind 
the caecum ; afi. fe _ additional 
to the caecal fossa 
retrofract (re vrofrakt) § 5 retro, 
backwards ; fractus, broken.] Bent 
backwards at an angle (do¢.). 
retrogression — - [L. 
> gradus, a 
or to ileror 
type in the development of an 
ce (dzol.). 
retrogressive (rét/régrésiv) a, [L. 
retro, ese bedi gradus, a step.] 
Degenerating ; assuming character- 
istics of 2 lower type (dzo/.). 
etrolin (rét’réling’gwal) a. [L. 
retro, backwards ; ingua, a tongue.] 
Behind the e tongue; appl. a gland 
) 
romorphosis (rét’rémérfoésis) 7. 
L. — aes ds ; Gk. morphe, 
Dev 
seadrabing tendency bio 
eal (revrofari in’jéal) a. 
o grade 
Beh 
seared . cae aa glands eee 
ic (rét’ [L. retro, 
hs ripe age.] 
of fatty tissue 
ind the pubic syraphyiis (anat.). 
agonen (rétrérs’) a. [L. retro, back- 
vertere, to _ Turned 
er directed backwar 
sede oe 'at) a. [L. retro, 
backwards ; serra, a saw we Toothed, 
with teeth directed backwards, 
retrose: rat résérilat) a. TL. 
ret'réii ‘t&rin) a 
backwards ; — womb. ] 
Behind thes “uterus (ana 
retroverse (rét’révérs’) a. Th retro, 
scemnggale dy vertere, to turn.] Re- 
on (rét’révér'shiin) . [L. 
retro, haskwards 3 vertere, to turn, 
State of being reversed or tu 
backwards. 
retuse (rétiis’) a. [L. refusus, beaten 
back.] Obtuse with a broad shallow 
rr in the middle; aff/. leaves 
revehent (révé’hént, rév’éhént) a. [L. 
revehens, carrying back.] In the 
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renal portal system, bh! vessels 
d 
back from the 
7.). 
n.| 
appl. a shal shell whose turns are 
teed *Sinistrally (zool.). 
rtere, to turn.] Appi. 
er 
avistic Sain (bot ). 
vért L. 
we 
sevuet (révért’) vw. [ back ; 
vertere, to tu ~ To ahi an- 
ral features; to hark back 
revolute ieee 6lit)@a. [L. vevolvere, ~ 
k.] Rolled backwards fro 
ie ann upon the under pa hs 
as some leaves (4oz¢.). 
rhabdite (rab’dit) 7. [Gk. rha spe 
rod. 
ermal c 
Roe Sensi a gonapophysis (ea) ts 
rhabdocrepi a (r ab’dékrép’id) a. [Gk 
rhabdos, a rod; krepis, founda- 
tion. 7. a desma with uniaxial 
crepis, in sponge spicules (zoo/.). 
rhabdoid (rab’doid) a. and #. [Gk. 
Seg a ™ “ eidos, peseanblance] 
Rod- rod-shaped body. 
rhaboith (eat) ae Gk. rhab- 
dos oe ai ne. cal- 
some Protozoa, 
strength ening the wie (zool.). 
= ome (rab'dém) #. [Gk. rhabdos, 
enabdoped (rab’ rg oa nm. ae rhab- 
dos, ; pous, foot.]| An element 
of the raaioe Py joe male Insects 
al.). 
rhabdosphere (rab/désfér) 7. [Gk. 
rhabdos, rod; sphaira, a globe.] 
Aeiveguven rhabdoliths found in 
eep-sea calcareous oozes (z00/.). 
Soren feeehiey [Gk. rhabdos, 
a rod.] a like ‘spicule (zool.). 
rhachis,—see ra 
