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plexiform layers of retina

plex·i·form lay·ers of ret·i·na

layers of the retina where synapses occur; in the external layer, processes of rods and cones synapse with bipolar neuron dendrites; in the internal layer, axon terminals of bipolar cells synapse with ganglion cell dendrites. See: retina.

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