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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

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

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

Coming through the heating vent, Fard Muhammad’s deep voice had made her solar plexus vibrate.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The walls of the entire alimentary canal are embedded with nerve plexuses that interact with the central nervous system and other nerve plexuses—either within the same digestive organ or in different ones.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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

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

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

Effusion into the lateral ventricles of a light yellow; the choroid plexuses thickened, and of a dark venous appearance; substance of brain firm and apparently healthy.

From An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners by Archibald Makellar


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