MESHWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meshwork mean? 

• MESHWORK (noun)
  The noun MESHWORK has 1 sense:

1. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

  Familiarity information: MESHWORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESHWORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mesh; meshing; meshwork; net; network

Hypernyms ("meshwork" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Meronyms (parts of "meshwork"):

backbone (the part of a network that connects other networks together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meshwork"):

chicken wire (a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences)

gauze; netting; veiling (a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave)

hairnet (a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place)

reseau (a net or mesh foundation for lace)

safety net (a large strong net to catch circus acrobats who fall or jump from a trapeze)

save-all (a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship)

snood (an ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair; pins or ties at the back of the head)

spark arrester; sparker (a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack)

tulle (a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns)

grillwork; wirework (mesh netting made of wires)

 Context examples 

By using the meshwork of small blood vessels as a scaffold, glioblastoma cells were able to migrate along the vessels and extract nutrients from the blood for themselves.

(Brain tumor invasion along blood vessels may lead to new cancer treatments, NIH)

Contraction of longitudinal muscle pulls on the scleral spur, and opens the trabecular meshwork, thereby increases aqueous humor outflow from the eye and reduces intraocular pressure.

(Echothiophate Iodide, NCI Thesaurus)

Anastomosing, needle-like bony structures which create a meshwork of spaces filled with bone marrow.

(Bone Trabeculae, NCI Thesaurus)

During mitosis, the lamina meshwork is reversibly disassembled in parallel with phosphorylation of the lamins.

(Nuclear Lamina, NCI Thesaurus)

A specialized form of connective tissue consisting primarily of adipocytes (fat cells), surrounded by a meshwork of collagen fibers.

(Adipose Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris.

(Open Angle Glaucoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

These macromolecules (proteins) form an intricate meshwork in which cells are embedded to construct tissues.

(Extracellular Matrix Protein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Meshwork of embryonic connective tissue in the mesoderm from which are formed the connective tissues of the body and the blood and lymphatic vessels.

(Mesenchyme, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

When applied topically to eyes, this agent stimulates the sphincter pupillae to contract, resulting in miosis; stimulates the ciliary muscle to contract, resulting in spasm of accommodation; and may cause a transitory rise in intraocular pressure followed by a more persistent fall due to opening of the trabecular meshwork and an increase in the outflow of aqueous humor.

(Pilocarpine, NCI Thesaurus)

When applied topically to the eye, this agent stimulates the sphincter pupillae to contract, resulting in miosis; stimulates the ciliary muscle to contract, resulting in spasm of accomodation; and may cause a transitory rise in intraocular pressure followed by a more persistent fall due to opening of the trabecular meshwork and an increase in the outflow of aqueous humor.

(Pilocarpine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)