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PTERYGOID PLEXUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pterygoid plexus mean?
• PTERYGOID PLEXUS (noun)
The noun PTERYGOID PLEXUS has 1 sense:
1. a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins
Familiarity information: PTERYGOID PLEXUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("pterygoid plexus" is a kind of...):
plexus; rete (a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels)
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