See Also: placode(medicine)
placode(dictionary)

retirade (iou) and placode (medicine)


retirade (iou)



retirade noun.L17-E19.
[French = Spanish, Portuguese retirada, Italian ritirata retreat, from ritirare retire.]
Fortification. A kind of retrenchment constructed within a bastion.

placode (medicine)


placode
<embryology> Area of thickened ectoderm in the embryo from which a nerve ganglion or a sense organ will develop.