complexusn.¹

/kəmˈplɛksəs/

Etymology: In form < Latin complexus (see complex n.); but in sense treated as a compound of Latin com- together + plexus plaiting.

An interwoven structure; an involved or complicated system; a complex, ‘tissue’. (Cf. plexus n.)

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun] > a structure > interwoven

contexture1603

complexus1871

1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley x. 414 The web of necessary thought—the complexus of Reason.

1879 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. (ed. 3) 63 The complexus of morbid actions, called fever.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 345 A many-layered complexus of tissue, which is to be regarded as the phloem.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

complexusn.²

Etymology: < Latin complexus, past participle of complecti (with musculus understood; compare biceps, etc.); so called from its manifold subdivisions and points of attachment.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: comˈplexus.

Anatomy.

A large muscle attached to the vertebræ of the neck and upper part of the back, which serves to bend the head back.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of neck

gullet-lurker1615

monkshood1615

rhomboides1615

platysma1684

scalenus1704

trapezius muscle1704

trigeminus1706

rhomboid muscle1732

splenius1732

rhomboideus1754

omohyoideus1793

rhomboid1801

sternocleidomastoid1807

scalene muscle1827

complexus1828

omohyoid1846

omothyroid1890

traps1956

scalene1978

1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 304 The Complexus major [Fr. muscle grand complexus] is a pretty thick elongated muscle..situated under the splenius.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	complexus
释义	complexusn.¹ /kəmˈplɛksəs/ Etymology: In form < Latin complexus (see complex n.); but in sense treated as a compound of Latin com- together + plexus plaiting. An interwoven structure; an involved or complicated system; a complex, ‘tissue’. (Cf. plexus n.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > [noun] > a structure > interwoven contexture1603 complexus1871 1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley x. 414 The web of necessary thought—the complexus of Reason. 1879 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. (ed. 3) 63 The complexus of morbid actions, called fever. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 345 A many-layered complexus of tissue, which is to be regarded as the phloem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020). complexusn.² Etymology: < Latin complexus, past participle of complecti (with musculus understood; compare biceps, etc.); so called from its manifold subdivisions and points of attachment.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: comˈplexus. Anatomy. A large muscle attached to the vertebræ of the neck and upper part of the back, which serves to bend the head back. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of neck gullet-lurker1615 monkshood1615 rhomboides1615 platysma1684 scalenus1704 trapezius muscle1704 trigeminus1706 rhomboid muscle1732 splenius1732 rhomboideus1754 omohyoideus1793 rhomboid1801 sternocleidomastoid1807 scalene muscle1827 complexus1828 omohyoid1846 omothyroid1890 traps1956 scalene1978 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 304 The Complexus major [Fr. muscle grand complexus] is a pretty thick elongated muscle..situated under the splenius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.¹1871n.²1828
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