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Definition of Pneumogastric

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the vagus nerve.

2. Noun. A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach.

Definition of Pneumogastric

1. a. Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.

Definition of Pneumogastric

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) vagus (attributive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Pneumogastric

1. Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. The pneumogastric nerve. Pneumogastric nerve, one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, oesophagus, 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. Origin: Pneumo- + gastric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumogastric

pneumocystis pneumocystis carinii infections pneumocystis carinii pneumonia pneumocystis pneumonia pneumocystography pneumocystoses pneumocystosis pneumocyte pneumocytes pneumocytosis

pneumoderma pneumodynamics pneumoempyema pneumoencephalogram pneumoencephalography pneumogastric (current term) pneumogastric nerve pneumogastrography pneumogenic osteoarthropathy pneumogram

pneumograph pneumographs pneumography pneumohemia pneumohemopericardium pneumohemothorax pneumohydrometra pneumohydropericardium pneumohydroperitoneum pneumohydrothorax

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