plexus

Pronunciation: /ˈplɛk.səs/

The English word “plexus” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.

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

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