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plexus

[plek-suhs] / ˈplɛk səs /
NOUN
network
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The researchers also detected previously unrecognized chemical boundaries in the choroid plexus, the structure responsible for producing cerebrospinal fluid, as well as in the tissues lining the brain's internal cavities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

For all of the good things in their performance it ended with a kick to the solar plexus.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

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

Gel, “Attainable” An absolutely vicious punch in the solar plexus from one of the most exciting new bands in hardcore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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

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 enteric neurons are grouped into two plexuses.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

There are a few myenteric plexuses in which the nervous tissue in the wall of the digestive tract organs can directly influence digestive function.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

This fluid is produced by filtering blood at the choroid plexuses in the four ventricles of the brain.

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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