Meaning of PLEXUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'pleksus
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels |
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| | Synonyms: | | rete |
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| | See Also: | | anatomical structure, aortic plexus, bodily structure, body structure, choroid plexus, complex body part, lumbar plexus, nerve plexus, plexus choroideus, plexus lumbalis, pterygoid plexus, rete testis, structure | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | |  Plexus
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Plex"us\, n.
A network; an intricate or interwoven combination of elements
or parts in a coherent structure.
In the perception of a tree the reference to an object
is circumscribed and directed by a plexus of visual and
other presentations. --G. F. Stout.
\Plex"us\, n.; pl. L. {Plexus}, E. {Plexuses}. [L., a
twining, braid, fr. plectere, plexum, to twine, braid.]
1. (Anat.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers.
2. (Math.) The system of equations required for the complete
expression of the relations which exist between a set of
quantities. --Brande & C.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A modular World-Wide Web server written in Perl by Tony Sanders <[email protected]>. Comes with interfaces to allow many other information services to be served via the Web. Version 3.0m 1994-07-22 |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An interlacing network of nerves or blood or lymph vessels. |
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| | Related Terms: | | afferent neuron, arabesque, autonomic nervous system, axon, basketry, basketwork, brain, cancellation, central nervous system, cerebral cortex, craniosacral nervous system, cross-hatching, crossing-out, dendrite, effector organ, efferent neuron, filigree, fret, fretwork, ganglion, grate, grating, gray matter, grid, gridiron, grille, grillwork, hachure, hatching, interlacement, internuncial neuron, intertexture, intertwinement, lace, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, medullary sheath, mesh, meshes, meshwork, nerve, nerve trunk, nervous system, net, netting, network, neuron, peripheral nervous system, plexure, raddle, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, screen, screening, sensorium, sensory area, sensory cell, sieve, solar plexus, spinal cord, synapse, texture, thoracolumbar nervous system, tissue, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, wattle, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, white matter, wicker, wickerwork |
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