plexus
Americannoun
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plexuses,
plural
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plexus
plural
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a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
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any complex structure containing an intricate network of parts.
the plexus of international relations.
noun
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any complex network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels
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an intricate network or arrangement
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Etymology
Origin of plexus
1675–85; < New Latin: an interweaving, twining, equivalent to Latin plect(ere) to plait, twine + -tus suffix of v. action
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As time ticked on at Hampden, you waited for the Hearts kick to the Hibs solar plexus, the late sickener that became such a huge theme in their clashes last season.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The pressure is transmitted through the vertebral venous plexus, a network of veins linking the abdomen to the spinal cavity, which leads to slight brain movement.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
And at Paris Fashion Week last year, it was unmissable: a giant, gleaming butterfly hanging above her solar plexus at the Louis Vuitton men’s show by Pharrell Williams.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
It was like a kick to the solar plexus of their team's chances of progressing, but they were here with their noise and their colour at Stade de Nice.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2023
And then he lay there in his fever of sorry and repeated the now memorized note in his head and wanted to cry, but instead he only felt this aching behind his solar plexus.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
The enteric plexus is actually part of the enteric nervous system, along with the gastric plexuses and the esophageal plexus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Spinal nerves emerge from the spinal cord and reorganize through plexuses, which then give rise to systemic nerves.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The walls of the entire alimentary canal are embedded with nerve plexuses that interact with the central nervous system and other nerve plexuses—either within the same digestive organ or in different ones.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The choroid plexuses contain the small choroidal arteries; and the blood from these is returned by small veins, which join to form the veins of Galen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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