plexiform

American  

[plek-suh-fawrm] / ˈplɛk səˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.

2. intricate; complex.

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plexiform British  

/ ˈplɛksɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. like or having the form of a network or plexus; intricate or complex

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Etymology

Origin of plexiform

First recorded in 1820–30; plex(us) + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

It found people with Parkinson's had a thinner ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and inner nuclear layer in the eye.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023

A. plexiform layer; B, layer of the little pyramid; C, layer of the medium-sized pyramid; a, descending axis cylinders; b, ascending or centripetal collaterals; c, stems of the giant pyramidal cells.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Tietze describes a woman of twenty-seven who exhibited a marked type of plexiform neurofibroma.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

A, B, C, D, neuroglia cells of the plexiform layer; E, F, G, H, K, R, neuroglia cells of the second and third layers; I, J, neuroglia cells with vascular pedicles; V, blood-vessel.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

In certain cases of macroglossia in children, the lesion has been found to be a fibromatosis of the nerves of the tongue, analogous to the plexiform neuroma.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander