plexus

[plek-suhs]

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.

plexus

/ ˈplɛksəs /

noun

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

2. an intricate network or arrangement

Word History and Origins

Origin of plexus¹

1675–85; < New Latin: an interweaving, twining, equivalent to Latin plect(ere) to plait, twine + -tus suffix of v. action

Word History and Origins

Origin of plexus¹

C17: New Latin, from Latin plectere to braid, _plait

Example Sentences

“It’s like a gut punch to the solar plexus,” coach Jim Harbaugh said in the aftermath of the July 27 injury.

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The Chinese ban plainly hit Trump in the solar plexus.

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For all of the good things in their performance it ended with a kick to the solar plexus.

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

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They focused on a small region called the choroid plexus, which is known as a major conduit of immune cells into the brain.

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