vagus Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
wandering nerve; nervus vagus; pneumogastric nerve; pneumogastric; tenth cranial nerve; vagus nerve.
WordNet
Va"gus adjective
Etymology
L., wandering.Definitions
(Anat.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. --n. The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.