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plexus

[ plek-suhs ]

noun

, plural plex·us·es, plex·us.
  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of plexus1

C17: New Latin, from Latin plectere to braid, plait
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Example Sentences

The need for affordable health care “goes right to the solar plexus of the middle class,” he said.

Fleming himself wrote that “the target of my books [lies] somewhere between the solar plexus and the upper thigh”.

Overcoming Fear The third chakra, at the solar plexus, manipura, is about overcoming fear and attaining a sense of belonging.

Wayne spun him over and delivered a hard punch to the solar plexus.

It has its seat in the back parts of the brain, in the spinal cord and the greater nervous ganglia, such as the solar plexus.

In the afternoon we ran into a plexus of crevasses, and the surface was traversed by high ridges.

On this side it might perhaps injure the nervous plexus, which is even more essential than the dorsal vessel.

He was conscious of a vague buzzing between his ears and there was a pleasant mellow glow in the region of his solar plexus.

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