'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]

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