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Abbe, Robert (medicine)


Abbe, Robert
<person> U.S. Surgeon, 1851-1928.

See: Abbe flap, Abbe operation.


rhaphides (medicine)


rhaphides
<botany> Minute transparent, often needlle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.

Alternative forms: raphides.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr, a needle, F. Raphides.

Source: Websters Dictionary