plexus

Other forms of plexus

plural

plexuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plexus

What does plexus mean?

plexus means "a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels".

How many syllables are in plexus?

plexus has 2 syllables: plex-us. The stress falls on "plex". In IPA it is /ˈplɛksəs/.

What is another word for plexus?

Close synonyms include rete. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plexus a common word?

plexus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.