plexus

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Recent Examples of plexus It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles or cavities. Danielle Wilhour, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024 Increasing your caffeine consumption to an equivalent of three to four cups of coffee per day can also help by increasing CSF production through stimulating the choroid plexus. Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024 It is primarily produced by a network of cells called the choroid plexus, which is located in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities. Danielle Wilhour, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024 In the choroid plexus, a tissue in the large cavities of the brain that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the walls of blood vessels are much leakier. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023 Hormones, such as inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters, and kinins, interact between the brain and the gut’s local area, called the myenteric plexus, explains Cynthia Quainoo, MD, a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology Associates of Brooklyn. Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023 However, a tuft of pubic hair is suddenly obstructed by coils of intestine and a plexus of blood vessels and nerve endings. Erik Morse, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2023 Alpha-klotho is highly abundant in a central structure of the brain called the choroid plexus. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023 Little’s plexus and ... 10. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plexus
Noun
  • This surgery involves creating a flap in the trabecular meshwork to allow fluid to drain.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Some of the telecommunication equipment was shielded by a Faraday cage, a metal meshwork designed to deflect a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that can fry electronics.
    Jack Randall, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Take a deep breath because these claims form just one part of a clumsy web of viral content, in which Ronaldo, Messi and their children are part of the collateral.
    Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Breaking free from this web requires not just brute force but precise, intelligent tools.
    Prajwalkumar Bhatkar, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
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    Renan Botelho, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • New acquisitions struggled to embrace Nancy’s system to the same extent, leaving the Crew vulnerable for a first-round upset in the 2024 playoffs against the New York Red Bulls.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The place had horse stables where public utility workers kept the brawny animals that pulled the construction wagons as Baltimore built a water and sewer system.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Since the stake is relatively small for the conglomerate, it could be bought by Buffett’s investing manager Ted Weschler and Todd Combs.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Need a spouse to inherit your grandfather’s media conglomerate?
    Denise Williams, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On the whole, Jimpa is rough around the edges, but Lithgow’s interpretation of the mess of our humanity is pitch-perfect.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • One of them was compositionality: the ability to compose or decompose a whole into parts that can be reused.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The freeze on foreign aid, for example, is already damaging the network of groups the federal government relies on to deliver overseas assistance, according to Scott R. Anderson, a former U.S. diplomat and government attorney now at the Brookings Institution.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Fox is the network, and Fox Entertainment Studios is the studio.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025

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“Plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexus. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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