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Solar plexus

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solar plexus

 
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–noun
1. Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
2. a point on the stomach wall, just below the sternum, where a blow will affect this nerve center.
Origin:
1765–75; so called from the raylike pattern of the nerve fibers
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solar plexus  
n.  

  1. The large network of sympathetic nerves and ganglia located in the peritoneal cavity behind the stomach and having branching tracts that supply nerves to the abdominal viscera.

  2. The pit of the stomach.


[From its radially branching ganglia.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: so·lar plexus
Pronunciation: 'sO-l&r-
Function: noun
1 : CELIAC PLEXUS
2 : the part of the abdomen including the stomach and celiac plexus that is particularly vulnerable to the effects of a blow to the body wall infront of it —not used technically
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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solar plexus n.
See celiac plexus.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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