solar plexus

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noun

Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.

a point on the stomach wall, just below the sternum, where a blow will affect this nerve center.

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Origin of solar plexus

First recorded in 1765–75; so called from the raylike pattern of the nerve fibers

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Examples from the Web for solar plexus

And then, "Chance blow in the solar-plexus," someone was saying.
Paradise Garden|George Gibbs
This I applied over the solar-plexus and to the anterior surface of his body.
Lincoln's Last Hours|Charles A. Leale
"It's a solar-plexus retort, just the same," said Carraway, as he shook his head and went to bed.
The Booming of Acre Hill|John Kendrick Bangs
When Mrs. B. gets 'old of a broom, or a mop, the safest thing to do is to draw in your solar-plexus an' run.
Mrs. Bindle|Hebert Jenkins

Smoke caught the patient by the nose and tapped the solar-plexus section so as to make the mouth gasp open.
Smoke Bellew|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for solar plexus

solar plexus

noun

Also called: coeliac plexus anatomy the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs

(not in technical usage) the part of the stomach beneath the diaphragm; pit of the stomach

Word Origin for solar plexus

C18: referring to resemblance between the radial network of nerves and ganglia and the rays of the sun

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celiac plexus

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