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pneumogastric

[ noo-muh-gas-trik, nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the lungs and stomach.


pneumogastric

/ ˌnjuːməʊˈɡæstrɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the lungs and stomach
  2. a former term for vagus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumogastric1

First recorded in 1825–35; pneumo- + gastric
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Example Sentences

The effects of tobacco, through the medulla and pneumogastric, upon the heart, are among its most notable effects.

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

Lauder Brunton called attention to that in discussing another phase of pneumogastric function.

Abdominal pneumogastric neuralgia is an extremely distressing and occasionally a very intractable disorder.

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

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