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PNEUMOGASTRIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Synonyms:
nervus vagus; pneumogastric; pneumogastric nerve; tenth cranial nerve; vagus; vagus nerve; wandering nerve
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pneumogastric" is a kind of...):
cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)
Derivation:
pneumogastric (of or relating to the vagus nerve)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)
stomach (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the vagus nerve
Synonyms:
pneumogastric; vagal
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
neurology (the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system)
Pertainym:
pneumogastric (a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera)
Derivation:
pneumogastric (a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera)
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