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plexus

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /
NOUN
network
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"That would have been a big punch in the solar plexus for Brennan," says Blake.

From BBC Nov. 12, 2025

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

Gel, “Attainable” An absolutely vicious punch in the solar plexus from one of the most exciting new bands in hardcore.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2023

A knot started forming, right in the middle of my solar plexus.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Figure 13.24 Nerve Plexuses of the Body There are four main nerve plexuses in the human body.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Short reflexes, on the other hand, are orchestrated by intrinsic nerve plexuses within the alimentary canal wall.

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

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

The branches of distribution accompany the arteries which supply the different organs, and form communications around them, which are called plexuses, and take the name of the artery with which they are associated.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter




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