GRE vocabulary

Plexus

A network of nerves or vessels in the body; a complex network or tangle of something.

Example

"The solar plexus is a complex network of nerves in the abdomen."

Etymology

Mid 17th century: from Latin, 'a plait, network', from plectere 'to plait'.

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