HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypogastric plexus mean? 

• HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS (noun)
  The noun HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS has 1 sense:

1. a plexus of nerves serving the pelvic viscera

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plexus of nerves serving the pelvic viscera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypogastric plexus; plexus hypogastricus

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

nerve plexus (a network of intersecting nerves)

 Context examples 

A series of nerves within the pelvis formed mostly by the extension of the hypogastric plexus and branches from the second, third and fourth sacral nerves.

(Inferior Hypogastric Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)