pneumogastric nerve

noun

, Anatomy.

1. the vagus nerve.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumogastric nerve¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The pneumogastric nerve acts with the mental condition of the patientwe all know that.

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It winds up thus, that it may be a germ that irritates the pneumogastric nerve.

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The Vagus or Pneumogastric Nerve is seldom injured within the cranial cavity.

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It was the pneumogastric nerve, which he reached: a nerve which, when deadened by Oriental skill, paralyzes the vocal chords.

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It appears to me just as inhuman to boil milk as to excite the pneumogastric nerve of a dog rendered incapable of suffering.

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