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語源

Borrowed from Latin plexus (“a twining, plaiting, braid”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈplɛk.səs/
• 韻: -ɛksəs

名詞

plexus (plural plexuses or plexus or plexi)

1. (anatomy) A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.

   Hyponyms: brachial plexus, cardiac plexus, celiac plexus, choroid plexus, Exner's plexus, internal carotid plexus, pelvic plexus, solar plexus, venous plexus

   • 1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961:

     I have the sensation of being immersed in the very plexus of life, focal from whatever place, position or attitude I take my stance.

2. An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
   1. (mathematics) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
      • 1866, Brande & C, A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art‎, page 935:

        Plexus (Lat.). The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.

同意語

• rete

派生語

参照

• “plexus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “plexus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “plexus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• suplex

語源 1

Perfect passive participle of plectō (“to plait, braid, interweave”).

Participle

plexus (feminine plexa, neuter plexum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect passive participle of plectō
2. (pre-classical) involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

語源 2

From plectō (“to plait, braid, interweave”) +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

名詞

plexus m (genitive plexūs); fourth declension

1. (poetic) a twining, plaiting, braid

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun.

派生した語

参照

• “plexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plexus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.