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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vagus \Va"gus\, adjective [L., wandering.] (Anat.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve. -- n. The vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vagus
noun: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera [syn: {vagus nerve}, {nervus vagus}, {pneumogastric}, {pneumogastric nerve}, {tenth cranial nerve}, {wandering nerve}] [also: {vagi} (pl)]
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