VAGUS - Definition

Pronunciation:		'veygus
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

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	Synonyms:	nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus nerve, wandering nerve

	See Also:	cranial nerve

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Va"gus\, a. [L., wandering.] (Anat.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. -- n. The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.