plexus

American  

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /

noun

plexuses, plural plexus plural

1. a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.

2. any complex structure containing an intricate network of parts.

   the plexus of international relations.

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plexus British  

/ ˈplɛksəs /

noun

1. any complex network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels

2. an intricate network or arrangement

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• plexuses
  plural
• plexus
  plural

Etymology

Origin of plexus

1675–85; < New Latin: an interweaving, twining, equivalent to Latin plect(ere) to plait, twine + -tus suffix of v. action