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noun
A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rete
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
Narrower terms: aortic plexus, nerve plexus, choroid plexus, plexus choroideus, lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis, pterygoid plexus, rete testis
History
Etymology tree Latin plectō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin plexusbor. English plexus Borrowed from Latin plexus (“a twining, plaiting, braid”).
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
