noun
- A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.
- synonyms: vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, wandering nerve
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