plexuren.

Brit.

/ˈplɛkʃə/, U.S.

/ˈplɛkʃər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plex- , plectere , -ure suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin plex-, past participial stem of plectere to plait, interweave (see plexus n.) + -ure suffix¹, perhaps after flexure n.

†1. A plaiting or interweaving; something plaited or interwoven. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] > that which is intertwined

intertexture1651

plexure1661

twistinga1673

interweftage1673

braid1708

plexus1769

interlacery1865

interweft1927

1661 W. Petty Hist. Clothing 27 Nov. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 55 The next work..is to take them [sc. locks of wool] out of their natural curls, plexures, and contortuplications.

1736 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iii. 297 Their social branch the wedded plexures rear.

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. iv. 45 The parasite rose has surreptitiously stolen in amongst its plexures.

1866 H. H. Brownell War-lyrics 91 Ha, how they coil and clasp! They plicate, constrict, and gasp, In plexure horribly writhen! Knotting closer and madder.

2. Biology. = plexus n. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fibre > [noun] > network of

texture1578

plexus1666

plexure1672

weaving1739

chiasma1839

incruciation1855

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. ii. 45 'Tis most probable that none of their Fibres are truly inosculated here, but only in the Plexures.

1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) i. 50/2 The Mesenterie derives its Nerves from the Plexure of the inner Nerves of the sixth Pair.

1714 W. Salmon Ars Anatomica vi. 297 From the little Arteries of the Choroidal Plexure, the thin serous Liquor is separated from the same Blood by the Glandules, lying [etc.].

1732 J. Floyer Psychrolousia (ed. 6) 219 The Stomachick Pains..are more exquisite than any, by reason of the Sensation of its membranes interwove with so many nervous Plexures.

?1795 H. Smith Ess. Nerves 13 The nervous plexure of the mesenterium.

2003 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 98 620 (caption) Normal pattern of c-kit staining in (a) small intestine showing ICC [= interstitial cells of Cajal] around the myenteric plexures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plexure
释义	plexuren. Brit. /ˈplɛkʃə/, U.S. /ˈplɛkʃər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plex- , plectere , -ure suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin plex-, past participial stem of plectere to plait, interweave (see plexus n.) + -ure suffix¹, perhaps after flexure n. †1. A plaiting or interweaving; something plaited or interwoven. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] > that which is intertwined intertexture1651 plexure1661 twistinga1673 interweftage1673 braid1708 plexus1769 interlacery1865 interweft1927 1661 W. Petty Hist. Clothing 27 Nov. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 55 The next work..is to take them [sc. locks of wool] out of their natural curls, plexures, and contortuplications. 1736 H. Brooke Universal Beauty iii. 297 Their social branch the wedded plexures rear. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. iv. 45 The parasite rose has surreptitiously stolen in amongst its plexures. 1866 H. H. Brownell War-lyrics 91 Ha, how they coil and clasp! They plicate, constrict, and gasp, In plexure horribly writhen! Knotting closer and madder. 2. Biology. = plexus n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fibre > [noun] > network of texture1578 plexus1666 plexure1672 weaving1739 chiasma1839 incruciation1855 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. ii. 45 'Tis most probable that none of their Fibres are truly inosculated here, but only in the Plexures. 1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) i. 50/2 The Mesenterie derives its Nerves from the Plexure of the inner Nerves of the sixth Pair. 1714 W. Salmon Ars Anatomica vi. 297 From the little Arteries of the Choroidal Plexure, the thin serous Liquor is separated from the same Blood by the Glandules, lying [etc.]. 1732 J. Floyer Psychrolousia (ed. 6) 219 The Stomachick Pains..are more exquisite than any, by reason of the Sensation of its membranes interwove with so many nervous Plexures. ?1795 H. Smith Ess. Nerves 13 The nervous plexure of the mesenterium. 2003 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 98 620 (caption) Normal pattern of c-kit staining in (a) small intestine showing ICC [= interstitial cells of Cajal] around the myenteric plexures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1661
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