solar plexus

Noun

Meaning

a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

abdominal nerve plexus coeliac plexus plexus celiacus brain tank stomach pot gut belly abdomen neuron paunch potbelly axon guts
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Antonyms

exterior outside organs six-pack abs

Hypernyms

nerve plexus

Examples

He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor. Raymond Chandler

My solar plexus was tight with fear as I ploughed on. Halfway up I stopped, exhausted. I could look down 10,000 feet between my legs, and I have never felt more insecure. Anxiously I waved Tenzing up to me. Edmund Hillary

Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head. Dan Hill

However, she did not find technical illustration suitable for a career (the extreme exactitude required gave her pains in the "solar plexus"). Source: Internet

The human body's prime striking targets are considered to be on or near this line, including eyes, nose, throat, solar plexus, stomach, pelvis and groin. Source: Internet

Yellow is the color of the solar plexus chakra which in traditional Tamil Siddha medicine is an energy center. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

solar parallax solar period solar physics solar power solar power density solar prominence