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periarterial plexus

[ pĕr′ē-är-tîr′ē-əl ]

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n.

An autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery.

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Words nearby periarterial plexus

periappendiceal abscess, periappendicitis, periapsis, periapt, periaqueductal, periarterial plexus, periarterial sympathectomy, periarteritis, periarteritis nodosa, periarthritis, periarticular

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Example sentences from the Web for periarterial plexus

The need for affordable health care “goes right to the solar plexus of the middle class,” he said.
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Fleming himself wrote that “the target of my books [lies] somewhere between the solar plexus and the upper thigh”.
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Overcoming Fear The third chakra, at the solar plexus, manipura, is about overcoming fear and attaining a sense of belonging.
The Tantric Sex in Avatar|Asra Q. Nomani|March 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Wayne spun him over and delivered a hard punch to the solar plexus.
The Judas Valley|Gerald Vance

It has its seat in the back parts of the brain, in the spinal cord and the greater nervous ganglia, such as the solar plexus.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
In the afternoon we ran into a plexus of crevasses, and the surface was traversed by high ridges.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
On this side it might perhaps injure the nervous plexus, which is even more essential than the dorsal vessel.
More Hunting Wasps|J. Henri Fabre
He was conscious of a vague buzzing between his ears and there was a pleasant mellow glow in the region of his solar plexus.
Death Makes A Mistake|P.F. Costello

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