pneumogastric
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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of or relating to the lungs and stomach
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a former term for vagus
Etymology
Origin of pneumogastric
Example Sentences
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"Sir Winston is having his phagocytes counted, his pneumogastric system checked and the eliminatory functions examined in a public post-mortem," raged Columnist Cassandra in the Daily Mirror.
From Time Magazine Archive
Physiologists, as we said just now, supposed that the filaments of the pneumogastric nerves distributed to the heart caused its beating.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
He said: Paralysis of the pneumogastric, of course, does away with its action.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
Irritation carried to this point through the pneumogastric nerve causes saccharine urine, and, in keeping with this, disease of the pancreas has been found in this malady.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The wounding of the gray matter of the medulla, even of a small portion of it, near the origin of the pneumogastric nerve, at once stops the action of the lungs and causes death.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
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