plexus

American  

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /

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.

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plexus British  

/ ˈplɛksəs /

noun

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

2. 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

Example Sentences

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

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

Its tension seeps into your limbs, settles tautly in your solar plexus and does not leave.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022

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