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pneumogastrics

pneumogastrics is the plural of pneumogastric.

Meaning of pneumogastric

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

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Questions about pneumogastrics

What is pneumogastrics the plural of?
Pneumogastrics is the plural of pneumogastric.

Words near pneumogastrics in the dictionary

  1. pneumogalactan
  2. pneumogalactans
  3. pneumogastric
  4. pneumogastric nerve
  5. pneumogastric nerves
  6. pneumogastrics
  7. pneumogenic
  8. pneumogram
  9. pneumograms
  10. pneumograph
  11. pneumographic

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