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Definition of Meshwork
1. Noun. An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals.
Terms within: Backbone
Specialized synonyms: Chicken Wire, Gauze, Netting, Veiling, Hairnet, Reseau, Safety Net, Save-all, Snood, Spark Arrester, Sparker, Tulle, Grillwork, Wirework
Generic synonyms: Cloth, Fabric, Material, Textile
Derivative terms: Mesh, Net
Definition of Meshwork
1. Noun. A net; an assembly of meshes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meshwork
1. a network [n -S]
Medical Definition of Meshwork
1. See: network. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meshwork
Literary usage of Meshwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"The lymphatics form a superficial, narrow meshwork under the blood capillaries,
with a deeper, coarser plexus. The medullated nerves have ganglia in their ..."
2. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1911)
"To these two elements must be added minute, deeply staining granules or "
microsomes " scattered along the branches of the meshwork, sometimes quite ..."
3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"Sections of the larger of the two showed a fairly well-defined cortex of very
irregular width, and a close, condensed alveolar meshwork, which was covered ..."
4. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"Within the alveoli of the cortex and in the meshwork formed by the trabeculae in
the medulla, is contained the mesentery, and along the great vessels of the ..."
5. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"In either case there is a meshwork of fibrous or ... Those in which the fibrous
meshwork is in preponderance, and the epithelioid contents of the alveoli ..."
6. Kirkes' Handbook of physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes (1905)
"part of fresh muscle which is stained in chloride of gold, is a meshwork of
fibrils which corresponds to the intracellular meshwork of ordinary protoplasmic ..."
7. Investigations on Microscopic Foams and on Protoplasm: Experiments by Otto Bütschli, Edward Alfred Minchin (1894)
"Of course, the observation is also considerably hindered here by the continuous
displacements and alterations of the extended meshwork. ..."
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