plexus
Americannoun
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plexuses,
plural
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plexus
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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
Noun Inflected 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
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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
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
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
A knot started forming, right in the middle of my solar plexus.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
There are a few myenteric plexuses in which the nervous tissue in the wall of the digestive tract organs can directly influence digestive function.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The enteric plexus is actually part of the enteric nervous system, along with the gastric plexuses and the esophageal plexus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These plexuses are described as arising from spinal nerves and giving rise to certain systemic nerves, but they contain fibers that serve sensory functions or fibers that serve motor functions.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Effusion into the lateral ventricles of a light yellow; the choroid plexuses thickened, and of a dark venous appearance; substance of brain firm and apparently healthy.
From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Archibald Makellar
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