plexiform

American  

[plek-suh-fawrm] / ˈplɛk səˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.

2. intricate; complex.

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plexiform British  

/ ˈplɛksɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. like or having the form of a network or plexus; intricate or complex

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Etymology

Origin of plexiform

First recorded in 1820–30; plex(us) + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

It found people with Parkinson's had a thinner ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and inner nuclear layer in the eye.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023

Quoted by Senn, Campbell de Morgan met with a plexiform neuroma of the musculo-spiral nerve and its branches.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Overgrowths in relation to the cutaneous nerves, especially the plexiform neuroma, occasionally originate in pigmented moles.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

In certain cases of macroglossia in children, the lesion has been found to be a fibromatosis of the nerves of the tongue, analogous to the plexiform neuroma.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Tietze describes a woman of twenty-seven who exhibited a marked type of plexiform neurofibroma.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)