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adj
Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adj
vagus (attributive)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adjective
of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
of or relating to the vagus nerve
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vagal
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noun
a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cranial nerve
History
From pneumo- + gastric.
