| NOUN | body | plexus, rete | a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting / intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels |
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| Sounds | pleh'ksahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting / intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels. | |
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| Synonym | rete | |
| Narrower | aortic plexus | A plexus of lymph nodes in the lower portion of the abdominal aorta |
| choroid plexus, plexus choroideus | A vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure | |
| lumbar plexus, plexus lumbalis | A lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels | |
| nerve plexus | A network of intersecting nerves | |
| pterygoid plexus | A plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins | |
| rete testis | network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia | |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Spanish | plexo, rete | |
| Catalan | plexe | |
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