US /ˈplɛk.səs/ UK /ˈplɛk.səs/
noun Freq #44497

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

    The brachial plexus is a network of nerves supplying the arm.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a network of intersecting... rete
Word family
Derived forms extraplexusintraplexusplecticplexiformplexo-plexotomysubplexus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plexus (“a twining, plaiting, braid”).

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