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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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... position that his hands and feet were dead from the pressure of the cords, and his limbs were stretched several inches beyond their normal length. In proof that his torture, too, was voluntary, he was balancing a round stone on his solar plexus that could have been much more easily dumped than kept ...

— Caves of Terror • Talbot Mundy

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