Meaning & use
Plexus
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A network or interweaving of nerves, blood vessels, or other structures in the body.
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The surgeon worked carefully around the brachial plexus to avoid nerve damage.
A sharp blow to the solar plexus can knock the wind out of you.
A note on using this word
From Latin plexus, meaning 'braid' or 'plait'; the term is also used more loosely outside anatomy to describe any complex interwoven network.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A complicated or interwoven structure or system, such as a network of connections.
The city's transit system formed a bewildering plexus of overlapping routes.
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