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
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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 connection, Drew and his colleagues determined, is the vertebral venous plexus, a network of veins that connects the abdomen to the spine in mice and humans alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
For all of the good things in their performance it ended with a kick to the solar plexus.
From BBC ● May 25, 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
This fluid is produced by filtering blood at the choroid plexuses in the four ventricles of the brain.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These two plexuses and their connections were introduced earlier as the enteric nervous system.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The walls of the entire alimentary canal are embedded with nerve plexuses that interact with the central nervous system and other nerve plexuses—either within the same digestive organ or in different ones.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The upper centers, cardiac plexus and cervical plexuses, thoracic ganglion and cervical ganglia now assume positivity.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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