Vagus

2 definitions found

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

  Vagus \Va"gus\, a. [L., wandering.] (Anat.)
     Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
     -- n. The vagus, or pneumogastric, nerve.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  vagus
       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 nerve}, {nervus vagus}, {pneumogastric},
            {pneumogastric nerve}, {tenth cranial nerve}, {wandering
           nerve}]
       [also: {vagi} (pl)]