pneumogastric

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   dated: relating to the vagus nerve

   Older physiology texts called vagal control pneumogastric action.

2. 2
   noun

   dated: the vagus nerve

   The surgeon identified the pneumogastric beside the carotid vessels.

Formed from pneumo- ("lung") + gastric ("stomach-related"). The name reflected organs supplied by the nerve; vagus nerve is the standard modern term.

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