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plex·us

[plek-suhs]
noun, plural -us·es, -us.
1.
a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
2.
any complex structure containing an intricate network of parts: the plexus of international relations.

Origin:
1675–85; < Neo-Latin: an interweaving, twining = Latin plect(ere) to plait, twine + -tus suffix of v. action
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plexus (ˈplɛksəs)
 
n , pl -uses, -us
1.  any complex network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels
2.  an intricate network or arrangement
 
[C17: New Latin, from Latin plectere to braid, plait]

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plexus
1682, Mod.L., lit. "braid, network," from pp. of L. plectere "to twine, braid, fold," used of a network, such as solar plexus "network of nerves in the abdomen" (see solar).
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plexus plex·us (plěk'səs)
n. pl. plexus or plex·us·es

  1. A structure in the form of a network, especially of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatics.

  2. A combination of interlaced parts; a network.

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A modular World-Wide Web server written in Perl by Tony Sanders . Comes with interfaces to allow many other information services to be served via the Web.
Version 3.0m 1994-07-22 (ftp://ftp.earth.com/plexus/).
(1994-07-22)

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