pleximetry
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~ tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
plexor
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~ (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
plexus cervicalis
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~ a nerve plexus lying beneath the sternocleidomastoid muscle
plexus myentericus
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– Engelsk
~ a plexus of unmyelinated fibers and postganglionic autonomic cell bodies in the muscular coat of the esophagus and stomach and intestines
plexus coccygeus
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– Engelsk
~ a small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves
plexus caroticus
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~ a plexus of nerves surrounding the internal carotid artery
plexus cardiacus
— Navneord
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~ a plexus of nerves supplying the heart and nearby structures
plexus periarterialis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery
plexus autonomici
— Navneord
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~ a plexus of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerve fibers
plexus hypogastricus
— Navneord
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~ a plexus of nerves serving the pelvic viscera
plexus lumbalis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
plexus choroideus
— Navneord
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~ a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure
plexus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
plexus brachialis
— Navneord
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~ a network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder
plexus celiacus
— Navneord
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~ a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
plexus dentalis
— Navneord
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~ a plexus of nerves serving the teeth
plexus lumbalis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
periarterial plexus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery
PLF
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– Engelsk
~ a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border