vagus

[ vey-guh s ]

/ ˈveɪ gəs /

noun, plural va·gi [vey-jahy, -gahy] /ˈveɪ dʒaɪ, -gaɪ/.

vagus nerve.

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Origin of vagus

1830–40; < Latin: wandering

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Examples from the Web for vagus

These branches of the vagus are probably partially preserved in the ramifications of the intestinal stem of the vagus (Gegenbaur).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
The laryngeal branches of the vagus may be divided and paralysis of the larynx ensue.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
The mixed nerves to the internal branchial segments, equivalent in the vertebrate to the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and facial.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell
A description of the part of this referring to the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves is given at p. 426.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume IV (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour

This is in accordance with the teachings of pharmacology —that tobacco acts on the terminal branches of the vagus.
The Lettsomian Lectures 1900-1901|J. Mitchell Bruce

British Dictionary definitions for vagus

vagus

vagus nerve

/ (ˈveɪɡəs) /

noun plural -gi (-dʒaɪ)

the tenth cranial nerve, which supplies the heart, lungs, and viscera

Word Origin for vagus

C19: from Latin vagus wandering

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Word Origin and History for vagus

vagus

plural vagi, 1840, from Latin vagus "wandering, straying" (see vague).

Medicine definitions for vagus

vagus

[ vā′gəs ]

n. pl. va•gi (-gī, -jī)

The vagus nerve.