'Vagus' definitions:
Definition of 'vagus'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve]
Definition of 'Vagus'
From: GCIDE
- Vagus \Va"gus\, a. [L., wandering.] (Anat.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. -- n. The vagus, or pneumogastric, nerve. [1913 Webster]