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ail(3) (iou) and coeliac (nervous) plexus (medicine)


ail(3) (iou)



ail verb.

verb trans. Trouble, afflict. Chiefly & now only with indef. subj. in what ails etc. OE.
Bible (AV): 1 Samuel 11:5 What aileth the people that they weep? Henry Miller He was supposed to be suffering from ulcers of the stomach, though nobody was quite sure exactly what ailed him.
verb intrans. Be troubled or adversely affected (mentally, obsolete or dial.); be ill. ME.
G. Heyer They never ail, though they did have the measles..when they were small. Times An improvement in the ailing United States economy.
verb trans. impers. in what ails etc. Obstruct, prevent. LME-E19.
ailing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) an ailment: M19.
ailment noun a disorder, a (usu. slight) illness E18.

coeliac (nervous) plexus (medicine)


coeliac (nervous) plexus


The most substantial, superior portion of the abdominal aortic plexus lying anterior to the aorta at the level of origin of the coeliac trunk (vertebral level T-12); the coeliac ganglia lie within the plexus; it is formed by contributions from the greater splanchnic and vagus (especially the posterior or right vagus) nerves and communicating branches to and from the superior mesenteric and renal plexuses and ganglia; most sympathetic, parasympathetic and visceral afferent fibres serving the abdominal viscera pass through this plexus.

Synonym: plexus coeliacus, solar plexus.