PLEXUS CHOROIDEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plexus choroideus mean? 

• PLEXUS CHOROIDEUS (noun)
  The noun PLEXUS CHOROIDEUS has 1 sense:

1. a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure

  Familiarity information: PLEXUS CHOROIDEUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLEXUS CHOROIDEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

choroid plexus; plexus choroideus

Hypernyms ("plexus choroideus" is a kind of...):

plexus; rete (a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels)

Meronyms (parts of "plexus choroideus"):

arteria choroidea; choroidal artery (an artery that supplies the choroid plexus)