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Noun
vagus
vagus nerve
nervus vagus
pneumogastric
pneumogastric nerve
tenth cranial nerve
wandering nerve
Definition: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Definition: 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.
Adjective
pneumogastric
Definition: of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
Definition: Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach