See Also: rete articulare genus(medicine)
rete vasculosum articulare(medicine)
rete articulare cubiti(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
articulare(medicine)
labrum articulare(medicine)
cavum articulare(medicine)
ligamentum sternocostale intra-articulare(medicine)
tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis(medicine)
ligamentum capitis costae intra-articulare(medicine)

marasmus (medicine) and rete articulare genus (medicine)


marasmus (medicine)


marasmus
<medicine> A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. "Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence." (Milton) Marasmus senilis [L], progressive atrophy of the aged.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr, to quench, as fire; pass, to die away.

Source: Websters Dictionary


rete articulare genus (medicine)


rete articulare genus -->
articular vascular network of knee


An arterial network over the front and sides of the knee, formed by branches of the descending genicular artery, of the five genicular arteries from the popliteal, of the anterior tibial recurrent, and of the fibular circumflex branch of the posterior tibial.

Synonym: rete articulare genus.