plexus

plexus

any complex network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels

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plexus

[′plek·səs]

(anatomy)

A network of interlacing nerves or anastomosing vessels.

(geology)

An area on a subglacial deposit that encloses a giant's kettle.

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Plexus

A modular World-Wide Web server written in Perl by Tony Sanders <sanders@earth.com>. Comes with interfaces to allow many other information services to be served via the Web.

Version 3.0m 1994-07-22.

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