retiform

[ ree-tuh-fawrm, ret-uh- ]

adjective

1. netlike; reticulate.

retiform

/ ˈrɛt-; ˈriːtɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. rare.
   netlike; reticulate

Word History and Origins

Origin of retiform¹

1685–95; < New Latin rētiformis, equivalent to Latin rēt- (stem of rēte ) net + -i- -i- + -formis -form

Word History and Origins

Origin of retiform¹

C17: from Latin rēte net + forma shape

Example Sentences

On Wednesday, researchers from New York published a series of case studies that, they said, “add to a growing body of literature supporting livedo racemosa and retiform purpura as cutaneous findings in patients with COVID-19.”

From Fox News

Livedo racemosa is persistent discoloration of the skin, while retiform purpura consists of skin lesions.

From Fox News

Retiform, rē′ti-form, adj. having the form or structure of a net.

From Project Gutenberg

The impressions, ‘laid up in the brain, will be reversed back to the retiform coat and crystalline humour,’ hence ‘a lively seeing, as if, de novo, the object had been placed before the eye’. 

From Project Gutenberg

Retina, a retiform expansion of the sensatory nerves, which receives the impression that gives rise to vision, or visual perception.

From Project Gutenberg