pneumogastric Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
    wandering nerve; vagus; nervus vagus; pneumogastric nerve; tenth cranial nerve; vagus nerve.
  2. adjective of or relating to the vagus nerve
    vagal.
  3. adjective of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach

WordNet

Pneu`mo*gas"tric adjective
Etymology
Pneumo- + gastric.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve.

Webster 1913