See Also: tragico-(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
rete(medicine)
rete(dictionary)
rete mirabile(medicine)
rete acromiale(medicine)
Haller's rete(medicine)
rete arteriosum(medicine)
rete ovarii(medicine)

rete pegs (medicine) and tragico- (iou)


rete pegs (medicine)


rete pegs -->
rete ridges
<dermatology, physiology> Downward thickening of the epidermis between the dermal papillae; peg is a misnomer because the dermal papillae are cylindrical but the epidermal thickening between papillae is not.

Synonym: interpapillary ridges, rete pegs.


tragico- (iou)



tragico- combining form.
[from Greek tragikos TRAGIC: see -O-. Cf. TRAGI-.]
Forming chiefly adjectives with the sense 'tragic and'.
tragico-'farcical adjective combining tragic and farcical elements E20.
tragico-heroi-comic adjective (rare) combining tragic, heroic, and comic elements M18.
tragico-hi'storical adjective combining tragic and historical elements E20.