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plexus

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /
NOUN
network
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The connection, Drew and his colleagues determined, is the vertebral venous plexus, a network of veins that connects the abdomen to the spine in mice and humans alike.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

"That would have been a big punch in the solar plexus for Brennan," says Blake.

From BBC Nov. 12, 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

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

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

The enteric plexus is actually part of the enteric nervous system, along with the gastric plexuses and the esophageal plexus.

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 two plexuses and their connections were introduced earlier as the enteric nervous system.

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

These nerves are found in plexuses in all parts of the body; they are abundant in the skin, fascia, muscle, lymphatics and all organs great and small.

From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still




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