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pneumogastric |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pneumogastric \Pneu`mo*gas"tric\, a. [Pneumo- + gastric.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve. {Pneumogastric nerve} (Anat.), 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pneumogastric adj 1: (neurology) of or relating to the vagus nerve [syn: {vagal}] 2: of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach n : a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart, esophagus, stomach, and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: {vagus}, {vagus nerve}, {nervus vagus}, {pneumogastric nerve}, {tenth cranial nerve}, {wandering nerve}]
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