vagus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of vagus
1830–40; < Latin: wandering
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Or a vagus nerve stimulator from Truvaga for $499.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
GLP-1 receptors are expressed not just in the pancreas and stomach, but throughout the vagus nerve, the brain stem, and the hypothalamus.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
The researchers found that a device designed to stimulate the vagus nerve was linked to sustained improvements in depressive symptoms, daily functioning, and overall quality of life.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026
If there's one nerve you want to touch in 2026 - it's the vagus nerve.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
“There’s no automatic cut-in of the vagus nerve,” Phil Resch said, “in an android. As there is in a human. Weren’t you taught that when they trained you? I got taught that years ago.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
A scientific indication as to whether a heart is disturbed through the action of the vagi or whether the disturbance is due to muscle degeneration may be obtained by the administration of atropin.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The nervous inhibitory control through the vagi must also be normal, and there must be no abnormal reflexes of any part of the body to interfere with the normal vagus control of the heart.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
This slow heart sometimes occurs after rheumatic fever; it is quite frequent after diphtheria, and may show a disturbance of the vagi.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
It is a familiar physiologic fact that stimulation of the vagi slows the heart or even stops it.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
The vagus also is directly concerned with the deglutitory act, for swallowing is impossible if both vagi are cut.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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