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pneumogastric

[ noo-muh-gas-trik, nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the lungs and stomach.


pneumogastric

/ ˌːəʊˈɡæٰɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the lungs and stomach
  2. a former term for vagus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of pneumogastric1

First recorded in 1825–35; pneumo- + gastric
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Example Sentences

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Physiologists, as we said just now, supposed that the filaments of the pneumogastric nerves distributed to the heart caused its beating.

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It may be due to gastric catarrh, or more frequently to irritation of the pneumogastric nerve.

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When asked the origin of the all-important pneumogastric nerve, he thought it originated in a certain segment of the spinal cord!

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Abdominal pneumogastric neuralgia is an extremely distressing and occasionally a very intractable disorder.

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Weber found that the pneumogastric nerve stopped the heart's action.

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