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Solar plexus

noun

A large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach. Synonyms: abdominal nerve plexus, coeliac plexus, plexus celiacus.

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... go further than does Western science, in one important feature of the Nervous System. We allude to what Western science terms the "Solar Plexus," and which it considers as merely one of a series of certain matted nets of sympathetic nerves with their ganglia found in various parts of the body. Yogi science teaches that this Solar Plexus is really a most important part of the ...

— The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath • Yogi Ramacharaka

... and pain as one caught his red beard and swung to it, smiting and kicking. He wrapped his left arm about the man, crushing him close up to him, and, as the other came, diving low, butting at his solar plexus, the giant gripped him by the collar, using his own impetus, and brought the two skulls together with a thud that left ...

— A Man to His Mate • J. Allan Dunn

Words linked to "Solar plexus" : nerve plexus, coeliac plexus, plexus celiacus, sympathetic nervous system