plexus
noun
a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
plexuses
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pluralof plexus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The walls of the entire alimentary canal are embedded with nerve plexuses that interact with the central nervous system and other nerve plexuses—either within the same digestive organ or in different ones.
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This fluid is produced by filtering blood at the choroid plexuses in the four ventricles of the brain.
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Figure 13.24 Nerve Plexuses of the Body There are four main nerve plexuses in the human body.
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These, the upper polarized centers, have now the positive rôle to play, the solar and the hypogastric plexuses, the lumbar and the sacral ganglia, these have the submissive, negative rôle for the time being.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
