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plexus

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /
NOUN
network
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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

“It’s like a gut punch into the solar plexus — takes the wind out of you,” coach Jim Harbaugh said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

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

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

Immediately, I know it's Tiny, and I feel this weird relief radiate out from my solar plexus.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

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

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

Two superficial venous plexuses are found in the anal canal: one within the anal columns and one at the anus.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The nerves of the heart are derived from the vagus, spinal accessory and sympathetic, through the superficial and deep cardiac plexuses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various




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