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plexus

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /
NOUN
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Jamie McGrath's vicious free-kick, Beni Banigime dozing and in rushed Boyle - cool and calm, a sidefoot to the solar plexus of the visitors.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

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

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

My solar plexus warmed in the familiar way then — as though here, too, might be an opening for me to see my way through to a life populated with more desire than dread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

I still had a knot in my solar plexus.

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

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

Spinal nerves emerge from the spinal cord and reorganize through plexuses, which then give rise to systemic nerves.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Extrinsic nerve plexuses orchestrate long reflexes, which involve the central and autonomic nervous systems and work in response to stimuli from outside the digestive system.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The deep layer is formed, as before described, by ascending branches from the posterior parts of the podophyllous and solar plexuses, and by branches from the intra-osseous system of the pedal bone.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks




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