Thesaurus results for PLEXUS

plexus

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as in meshwork

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Recent Examples of plexus The word complexity comes from the Latin plexus, which means intertwined. —

Carlos Gershenson, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025 The nervous system manages the entire lower body through an intricate web of nerves called the lumbar plexus, which is embedded through the psoas. —

Literary Hub, 7 May 2025 It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities. —

Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024 In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier. —

Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023 Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn. —

Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023 However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings. —

Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023

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How Tires Are Made Starting from the inside out, a tire’s strength is provided by its carcass, a meshwork steel or synthetic fibers.

— Wes Siler, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
Protect Your Eyes The eye's drainage system (the trabecular meshwork) can be damaged by blunt force injury, such as an object hitting the eye.

— Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2025