Vagus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The vagus nerve.
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  • n. The vagus nerve.
  • n. A homeless person or vagrant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The tenth cranial nerve, or wandering nerve, the longest and most widely distributed of the nerves of the brain, extending through the neck and thorax to the upper part of the abdomen.
  • n. In insects, the principal visceral or stomatogastric nerve, which originates in two parts in the head, beneath the bases of the antennæ, uniting in a ganglion below the cerebrum, and passing backward along the upper surface of the intestinal canal.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cranial nerve   
    Cross Reference
    trigonum vagi    vagus ganglion   
    Variant
    vagi   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wandering   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    postganglionic    phrenic    beta-endorphin    hypoglossal    pudendal    peroneal    trigeminal    ulnar    steadiest    circularly-polarized   
     
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