English Explanatory Dictionary

pneumogastric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
  2. vagus (attributive)
noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

pneumogastric pneumogastrics

Etymology

From pneumo- + gastric.

Derived words

pneumogastric nerve
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