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

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plexiform

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

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

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

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 James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Tumours.—The simple tumours met with on the face include sebaceous and dermoid cysts, nævus, plexiform neuroma and adenoma; the malignant forms include the squamous epithelioma, and rodent, paraffin, and melanotic cancers.

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

The plexiform neuroma forms a loose soft tumour situated in the course of one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve, especially the supra-orbital branch.

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