plexus
Americannoun
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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
Other Word Forms
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
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“It’s like a gut punch into the solar plexus — takes the wind out of you,” coach Jim Harbaugh said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025
For all of the good things in their performance it ended with a kick to the solar plexus.
From BBC • May 25, 2024
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
They focused on a small region called the choroid plexus, which is known as a major conduit of immune cells into the brain.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
I can feel that cough stirring in me solar plexus an’ workin’ its way up through me entrails till the next thing it takes off the top o’ me head.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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