pneumogastric

noun

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

adjective

of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach

of or relating to the vagus nerve

Roots

pneumonpneumo- · Greek · lung gastergastr- · Greek · stomach ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to

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