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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

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 then he lay there in his fever of sorry and repeated the now memorized note in his head and wanted to cry, but instead he only felt this aching behind his solar plexus.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

These enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.

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

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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

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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