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
The pneumogastric, phrenic, and cardiac nerves lie parallel to its course; the œsophagus and thoracic duct lie behind it, and to its inner side.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
The carotid and right subclavian arteries will then be felt lying close together crossed by the pneumogastric and recurrent nerves, the latter turning behind the subclavian.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
It is some morbific agency, the influence of which, Dr. Whedon said, is exerted upon the pneumogastric nerve.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
It was the pneumogastric nerve, which he reached: a nerve which, when deadened by Oriental skill, paralyzes the vocal chords.
From The Voice on the Wire by Ball, Eustace Hale
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