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Nexus

A connection or link. A causal connection. A connected series. "Nexus" comes from the Latin "nectere" meaning "to bind." The same Latin root gave rise to "connect" and "annex." "Nexus" achieved some currency as the title of a book by Henry Miller (1891–1980). Following "Sexus" (1949) and "Plexus" (1953), "Nexus" (1960) completed Miller's "Rosy Crucifixion Trilogy."

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SYN: gap junction. [L. interconnection]

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nex·us 'nek-səs n, pl nex·us·es -sə-səz or nex·us -səs, -.süs

1) a connection or link

2) a connected group or series

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n.

(in anatomy) a connection or link.

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nex·us (nekґsəs) pl. nexґus [L. “bond”] 1. a bond, especially one between members of a series or group. 2. gap junction.

Medical dictionary. 2011.