PLEXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plexus mean? 

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

1. a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEXUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

plexus; rete

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

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

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

aortic plexus (a plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta)

nerve plexus (a network of intersecting nerves)

choroid plexus; plexus choroideus (a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure)

lumbar plexus; plexus lumbalis (a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels)

pterygoid plexus (a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins)

rete testis (network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia)

 Context examples 

A malignant neoplasm arising from the choroid plexus.

(Choroid Plexus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

A malignant neoplasm arising from the choroid plexus of the brain.

(Choroid Plexus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The epithelium of the choroid plexus at the lateral ventricle; which consists of cuboidal cells.

(Choroid Plexus Epithelium of the Lateral Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

But he was too complicated a plexus of sensibilities to sit staring at a gulf a whole evening, especially when there was music.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The epithelium of the choroid plexus; which consists of cuboidal cells.

(Choroid Plexus Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)

A meningioma that affects the choroid plexus.

(Choroid Plexus Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cerebrospinal fluid is made by tissue called the choroid plexus in the ventricles (hollow spaces) in the brain.

(Cerebrospinal fluid, NCI Dictionary)

It includes the choroid plexus papilloma, atypical choroid plexus papilloma, and choroid plexus carcinoma.

(Choroid Plexus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Choroid plexus tumors may be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer).

(Choroid plexus tumor, NCI Dictionary)

The spinal nerve plexuses and the spinal roots are also included.

(Murine Spinal Nerves, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)