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plexus

[ plek-suhs ]

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noun

plural plexuses, plexus.

a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
any complex structure containing an intricate network of parts:
the plexus of international relations.

plexus

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Origin of plexus¹

1675–85; < New Latin: an interweaving, twining, equivalent to Latin plect(ere) to plait, twine + -tus suffix of v. action

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Origin of plexus¹

C17: New Latin, from Latin plectere to braid, plait

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The Chinese ban plainly hit Trump in the solar plexus.

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

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Importantly, this feature was preserved during aging, even when the nasopharyngeal lymphatic plexus had shrunk and was functionally impaired.

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They focused on a small region called the choroid plexus, which is known as a major conduit of immune cells into the brain.

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It was like a kick to the solar plexus of their team's chances of progressing, but they were here with their noise and their colour at Stade de Nice.

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