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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 structures
Familiarity information: CARDIAC PLEXUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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