PNEUMOGASTRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pneumogastric mean? 

• PNEUMOGASTRIC (noun)
  The noun PNEUMOGASTRIC has 1 sense:

1. a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

  Familiarity information: PNEUMOGASTRIC used as a noun is very rare.

• PNEUMOGASTRIC (adjective)
  The adjective PNEUMOGASTRIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the vagus nerve

2. of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach

  Familiarity information: PNEUMOGASTRIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PNEUMOGASTRIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nervus vagus; pneumogastric; pneumogastric nerve; tenth cranial nerve; vagus; vagus nerve; wandering nerve

Hypernyms ("pneumogastric" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

Derivation:

pneumogastric (of or relating to the vagus nerve)

• PNEUMOGASTRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the vagus nerve

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

pneumogastric; vagal

Domain category:

neurology (the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system)

Pertainym:

pneumogastric (a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera)

Derivation:

pneumogastric (a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)

stomach (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)