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plexus

American  
[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /

noun

plexuses, plural plexus plural
  1. a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.

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

    the plexus of international relations.


plexus British  
/ ˈplɛksəs /

noun

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

  2. an intricate network or arrangement

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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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

My solar plexus warmed in the familiar way then — as though here, too, might be an opening for me to see my way through to a life populated with more desire than dread.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Coming through the heating vent, Fard Muhammad’s deep voice had made her solar plexus vibrate.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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