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noun
A network of blood vessels or nerves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
An anatomical part resembling or including a network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A rotating cutaway plate or overlay on an astrolabe or starmap which represents the horizon; used to locate stars and other astronomical features.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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: plexus
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
Borrowed from Latin rete.
