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[syn: vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vagus \Va"gus\, a. [L., wandering.] (Anat.)
Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
-- n. The vagus, or pneumogastric, nerve.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vagus
n 1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and
lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the
abdominal viscera [syn: vagus, vagus nerve, nervus
vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth
cranial nerve, wandering nerve]