Pneumogastric

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pneumogastric
       adj 1: of or relating to the vagus nerve [syn: {vagal}]
       2: of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
       n : 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 nerve}, {tenth cranial nerve}, {wandering
           nerve}]