solar plexus

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.

a point on the stomach wall, just below the sternum, where a blow will affect this nerve center.

Origin of solar plexus

First recorded in 1765–75; so called from the raylike pattern of the nerve fibers

And then, "Chance blow in the solar-plexus," someone was saying.

Paradise Garden |George Gibbs
This I applied over the solar-plexus and to the anterior surface of his body.

Lincoln's Last Hours |Charles A. Leale
"It's a solar-plexus retort, just the same," said Carraway, as he shook his head and went to bed.

The Booming of Acre Hill |John Kendrick Bangs
When Mrs. B. gets 'old of a broom, or a mop, the safest thing to do is to draw in your solar-plexus an' run.

Mrs. Bindle |Hebert Jenkins

Smoke caught the patient by the nose and tapped the solar-plexus section so as to make the mouth gasp open.

Smoke Bellew |Jack London

solar plexus

Also called: coeliac plexus anatomy the network of sympathetic nerves situated behind the stomach that supply the abdominal organs

(not in technical usage) the part of the stomach beneath the diaphragm; pit of the stomach

C18: referring to resemblance between the radial network of nerves and ganglia and the rays of the sun

solar plexus

celiac plexus