vagus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
    wandering nerve; nervus vagus; pneumogastric nerve; pneumogastric; tenth cranial nerve; vagus nerve.

WordNet


Va"gus adjective
Etymology
L., wandering.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. -- n. The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.

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