plexiform adjective. ['plɛksɪfɔ:m] E19.
[from PLEX(US + -I- + -FORM.]
Anatomy. Of the form of a plexus; forming a plexus or plexuses.
plexiform layer either of two layers of the retina separated by the inner nuclear layer, the outer one containing synapses between the rods and cones and the neurones of the nuclear layer, the inner one synapses between these neurones and ganglion cells.

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