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cervical plexus (medicine) and shag(6) (iou)


cervical plexus (medicine)


cervical plexus


A network of nerve fibres originating in the upper four cervical spinal cord segments. The cervical plexus distributes cutaneous nerves to parts of the neck, shoulders, and back of the head, and motor fibres to muscles of the cervical spinal column, infrahyoid muscles, and the diaphragm.


shag(6) (iou)



shag verb2. Infl. -gg-. L16.
[from SHAG noun1.]
verb intrans. Be shaggy; hang down in a shaggy manner. L16.
R. B. Parker His mustache..shagged over his upper lip.
verb trans. Make rough or shaggy, give a shaggy appearance to (earth, a hillside, a rock, etc.). (Foll. by with.) Usu. in pass. E17.
Milton Caverns shag'd with horrid shades. W. D. Howells Woods..shagged the hills with a stunted..growth.