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
"Some one," he answered in a low tone, "has severed the pneumogastric nerves."
From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
Tenth nerve.—The pneumogastric was implicated in many wounds of the neck.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
The cause acts by producing a transitory paralysis of the inhibitory fibers of the pneumogastric nerve.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith
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
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