VAGI

VAGUS

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


Noun

vagi

plural of vagus

Anagrams

• GAVI, viga

Source: Wiktionary


VAGUS

Va"gus, a. Etym: [L., wandering.] (Anat.)

Definition: Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.

– n.

Definition: The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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