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English
Etymology
From pneumo- + gastric.
Adjective
pneumogastric (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
- (anatomy) vagus (attributive)
Derived terms
Noun
pneumogastric (plural pneumogastrics)
- (anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:[…] were it not for a strange-smelling, at first not unpleasant, but with the passage of time frankly revolting vapour arising from among the recesses of Mr. Magershon's body-linen and issuing, with great volatility, between his nape and his collar-band, a bold and it must be allowed successful effort on the part of that dignitary's pneumogastric to compensate the momentary confusion of its superior connexions.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pneumogastrique.
Adjective
pneumogastric m or n (feminine singular pneumogastrică, masculine plural pneumogastrici, feminine and neuter plural pneumogastrice)
- pneumogastric
Declension