Pneumogastric

Pneumogastric
Pneumogastric Pneu`mo*gas"tric, a. [Pneumo- + gastric.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve. [1913 Webster]

{Pneumogastric nerve} (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body. [1913 Webster]


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  • pneumogastric — PNEUMOGÁSTRIC, Ă, pneumogastrici, ce, adj. Care este comun plămânilor şi stomacului. [pr.: pne u ] – Din fr. pneumogastrique. Trimis de ana zecheru, 24.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  PNEUMOGÁSTRIC adj. (anat.) vag. (Nerv pneumogastric.) Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • pneumogastric — [no͞o΄mōgas trik, nyo͞o΄mōgas′trik] adj. of the lungs and stomach n. former term for VAGUS …   English World dictionary

  • pneumogastric — /nooh meuh gas trik, nyooh /, Anat. adj. 1. of or pertaining to the lungs and stomach. n. 2. See pneumogastric nerve. [1825 35; PNEUMO + GASTRIC] * * * …   Universalium

  • Pneumogastric nerve — Pneumogastric Pneu mo*gas tric, a. [Pneumo + gastric.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. n. The pneumogastric nerve. [1913 Webster] {Pneumogastric nerve} (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pneumogastric nerve — noun 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, ↑tenth cranial nerve, ↑wandering nerve •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pneumogastric — adjective a) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach b) vagus (attributive) …   Wiktionary

  • pneumogastric — 1. Relating to the lungs and the stomach. 2. Obsolete term denoting the nervus vagus. SYN: gastropneumonic, gastropulmonary. [G. pneumon, lung, + gaster, stomach] * * * pneu·mo·gas·tric (noo″mo gasґtrik) [pneumo + gastric] pertaining to the …   Medical dictionary

  • pneumogàstric — pneu|mo|gàs|tric Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …   Diccionari Català-Català

  • pneumogastric — adj. of the lungs and stomach …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pneumogastric — adjective relating to the lungs and stomach …   English new terms dictionary

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