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Definition of: vagus
(vā′gəs) noun plural ·gi (-jī) Anat.
Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves originating in the medulla oblongata and sending branches to the lungs, heart, stomach, and most of the abdominal viscera; the pneumogastric nerve. Also vagus nerve. [<L, wandering]
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