About The Word Plexus
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Plexus
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What's The Definition Of Plexus?
[n] a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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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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