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Plexus

noun

(pl. L. plexus, E. plexuses)

A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels. Synonym: rete.

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"Plexus" Quotes from Famous Books

... all you like," said McVickar, fiercely; "but Fitzsimmons licked him and that blow in the solar plexus—" ...

— Old Fogy - His Musical Opinions and Grotesques • James Huneker

... call it the Old Thought, Molly, older than the creation of man. And what they call Entering into the Silence, I call Waiting on the Lord. And what I call prayer, they, from what I read, most probable call waking up the solar plexus, whatever that may be. But it don't make much difference what a thing is called, the name is but a pale shadow compared to the reality. Disciples of the New Thought, Christian Scientists, Healers, Spiritualists, etc., are, I believe, reaching out and feeling for the Light ...

— Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition • Marietta Holley

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