Definition of Vagus

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


Definition of Vagus

1. a. Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.

2. a. Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.

Definition of Vagus

1. a cranial nerve [n -GI]

Medical Definition of Vagus

1. Wandering; applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve. Origin: L, wandering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vagus

vagrant's disease
vagrantly
vagrants
vagrom
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vagued
vaguely
vagueness
vaguenesses
vaguer
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vaguing
vagus (current term)
vagus (current term)
vagus area
vagus nerve
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vagus pulse
vahine
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vain
vain
vainer
vainesse

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