See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
convent(1)(dictionary)
convent(2)(dictionary)
convent(dictionary)
convent school(dictionary)
Convent de la Missio(tourism)
Convent of St Gall(tourism)
Convent of Christ in Tomar(tourism)
CONVENT Credit Union(finance)
Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent(tourism)

plexus oesophageus (medicine) and convent (oh)


plexus oesophageus (medicine)


plexus oesophageus -->
oesophageal plexus


One of two nervous plexus's, posterior and anterior on the walls of the oesophagus; the first is formed by branches from the right vagus and left recurrent, the second by the anastomosing trunks of the vagus after leaving the pulmonary plexus's; branches supply the mucous and muscular coats of the oesophagus.

Synonym: plexus oesophageus, plexus gulae.


convent (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: covent, from Latin conventus 'group of people who have come together', from convenire; CONVENIENT]
a building or set of buildings where nuns live
-see also convent school