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CARDIAC PLEXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac plexus mean? 

CARDIAC PLEXUS (noun)
  The noun CARDIAC PLEXUS has 1 sense:

1. a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structuresplay

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC PLEXUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARDIAC PLEXUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cardiac plexus; plexus cardiacus

Hypernyms ("cardiac plexus" is a kind of...):

nerve plexus (a network of intersecting nerves)


 Context examples 


Example(s): brachial plexus, cardiac plexus, inferior hypogastric plexus.

(Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)



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