Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
PNEUMOGASTRIC
pneumogastric
(adjective) of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
vagal, pneumogastric
(adjective) of or relating to the vagus nerve
vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
(noun) a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pneumogastric (not comparable)
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
(anatomy) vagus (attributive)
Noun
pneumogastric (plural pneumogastrics)
(anatomy) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
Pneu`mo*gas"tric, a. Etym: [Pneumo- + gastric.] (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.
– n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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