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ἀραχνοειδής

ἀραχνοειδής, like a cobweb

ἀραχνοειδής [ᾰρ], ές,
  • like a cobweb, of the scum of urine, λιπαρότητες Hp. Prog. 12; also used of a feeble pulse, Gal. 19.411; of capillary veins, Id. 2.808; of nerves, ib. 400; ἀπόφυσις -εστάτη ib. 366; ἀ. χιτών in Medic., older name for the ἀμφιβληστροειδὴς χ. (q.v.), i.e. the retina, Herophil. ap. Cels. 7.7.13, Ruf. Onom. 153; but distinguished from it by Gal. 10.47.

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