vagus nerve
vagus nerve · vagus nerves
блукаючий нерв, блудний нерв
блуждающий нерв
Vagusnerv, Nervus vagus, Vagus
Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata…Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.
Meaning
1 sensesEither of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.
Vagusnerv, Nervus vagus, Vagus
блужда́ющий нервbluždájuščij nerv
блука́ючий нервblukájučyj nerv, блу́дний нервblúdnyj nerv
More definitions
- a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Translations
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Origin
Partial calque of New Latin nervus vagus (literally “wandering nerve”).Partial calque of New Latin nervus vagus (literally “wandering nerve”).
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Forms
plural: vagus nervesSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera:vagusnervus vaguspneumogastricpneumogastric nervetenth cranial nervewandering nerve
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpneumogastric