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pneumogastric nerve

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the vagus nerve.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumogastric nerve1

First recorded in 1825–35

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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