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Vagus

Vagus Meaning & Definition
Vagus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vagus?

[n] a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vagus: nervus vagus | pneumogastric | pneumogastric nerve | tenth cranial nerve | vagus nerve | wandering nerve

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See Also | cranial nerve

Vagus In Webster's Dictionary

\Va"gus\, a. [L., wandering.] (Anat.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. -- n. The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.

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