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vagus

Noun

va=gus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

vagus(n = noun.body) nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus nerve, wandering nerve - a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera; Array

is a kind of cranial nerve

Derived form adjective vagal₁

vagus, a. [L., wandering.].

Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. [1913 Webster]

vagus, n. (pl. vagi) Anat. either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves with branches to the heart, lungs, and viscera.

Derivative

vagal adj.

Etymology

L: see VAGUE

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