pterygoid plexus

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   a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins

   Broaderplexus

Questions about pterygoid plexus

What does pterygoid plexus mean?

pterygoid plexus means "a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins".

Is pterygoid plexus a common word?

pterygoid plexus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.