pneumogastric

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

pneumogastric nerve

vagus nerve

vagal

vagus

tenth cranial nerve

wandering nerve

nervus vagus

Translations

nerf vague

vago

vagale

Nervo vago

vagal

neumogástrico

Etymology

From pneumo- + gastric.