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I believe he's saying raphe or raphae, but can't confirm spelling.

Posted By: Has anyone heard this? on 2009-01-06
In Reply to: Patient has a lesion on medial s/l rothay of the tongue. nm - NLE

Subject: I believe he's saying raphe or raphae, but can't confirm spelling.




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Excerpts from Dorland's:

raphe (ra·phe) (ra´fe) gen. raphçs pl. ra´phae [Gr. rhaphç] [TA] a seam; anatomic terminology for the line of union of the halves of any of various symmetrical parts.

abdominal r. linea alba.


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Subject: probably midline raphe ?


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Subject: raphe can be anywhere. It fits here. Check on onelook.com..nm

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Subject: But google does have numerous hits on abdominal raphe

and it does make sense - nothing on abdominal midline faux*
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