plexus

American  

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /

noun

plural

plexuses, plexus

1. a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.

2. any complex structure containing an intricate network of parts.

   the plexus of international relations.

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plexus British  

/ ˈplɛksəs /

noun

1. any complex network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels

2. 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

Example Sentences

Importantly, this feature was preserved during aging, even when the nasopharyngeal lymphatic plexus had shrunk and was functionally impaired.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 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 was that the throaty rumble of passing cars synchronizing with the nearly imperceptible vibrations in my solar plexus?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023

“You can’t breathe, you can’t feel. The ties are on your solar plexus, not on your waist.”

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022

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