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pneumogastric

pneumogastric adjective: of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.

Adjective

pneumogastric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
  2. vagus (attributive)

Noun

pneumogastric (plural pneumogastrics)

  1. 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.
    • […]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...1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

pneumogastric meaning in Tamil

pneumogastric in Tamil

வளிய இரை

Forms of pneumogastric

pluralpneumogastrics

Origin of pneumogastric

From pneumo- + gastric.

Words formed from pneumogastric

Phrases with pneumogastric

Questions about pneumogastric

What does pneumogastric mean?
Pneumogastric means of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.
What is pneumogastric in Tamil?
Pneumogastric in Tamil is வளிய இரை. See Pneumogastric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pneumogastric?
Pneumogastric can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pneumogastric in the dictionary

  1. pneumoencephalopathies
  2. pneumoencephalopathy
  3. pneumofibrosis
  4. pneumogalactan
  5. pneumogalactans
  6. pneumogastric
  7. pneumogastric nerve
  8. pneumogastric nerves
  9. pneumogastrics
  10. pneumogenic
  11. pneumogram

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