venous plexus
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: vē′nəs plĕk′səs
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈviː.nəs ˈplɛk.səs/
- (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈvi.nəs ˈplɛk.səs/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈviː.nəs ˈplek.səs/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈviː.nou̯s ˈplɛk.sus/
- Hyphenation: ve‧nous plex‧us
Noun
venous plexus (plural venous plexuses or venous plexus or venous plexi)
- In vertebrates, a normal congregation anywhere in the body of multiple veins.[1]
References
- ^ “Vessels”, in Dorland's/Gray's Pocket Atlas of Anatomy E-Book[1], 1st edition (non-fiction), Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 26, column 2/2: “28 venous plexus 1. a network of interconnect veins. <plexus vēnōsus> 2. an anastomotic work of small veins. <rēte vēnōsum>”
Further reading
- “venous plexus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.