RAPHIDE


Meaning of RAPHIDE in English

[raph.ide] n, pl raph.ides [F & NL; F raphide, fr. NL raphides, pl., fr. Gk rhaphides, pl. of rhaphid-, rhaphis needle, fr. rhaptein] (ca. 1842): any of the needle-shaped crystals usu. of calcium oxalate that develop as metabolic by-products in plant cells

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