Raphide Definition

rāfīd
raphides, raphide
noun
A needle-shaped crystal, usually of calcium oxalate, developed singly, or more often in bundles, in a plant cell.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Raphide

Noun

Singular:
raphide
Plural:
raphides

Origin of Raphide

  • French sing. of raphides from New Latin from Greek rhaphides pl. of rhaphis needle from rhaptein to sew wer-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphis)

    From Wiktionary

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