pneumogastric

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

adjective

1. of or relating to the lungs and stomach.

noun

1. pneumogastric nerve.

pneumogastric

/ ˌnjuːməʊˈɡæstrɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the lungs and stomach

2. a former term for vagus

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumogastric¹

First recorded in 1825–35; pneumo- + gastric

Example Sentences

Physiologists, as we said just now, supposed that the filaments of the pneumogastric nerves distributed to the heart caused its beating.

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It may be due to gastric catarrh, or more frequently to irritation of the pneumogastric nerve.

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When asked the origin of the all-important pneumogastric nerve, he thought it originated in a certain segment of the spinal cord!

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

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Weber found that the pneumogastric nerve stopped the heart's action.

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