nœud vital
French edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1802.
Noun edit
nœud vital m (plural nœuds vitals)
References edit
- J. M. D. Olmsted (1944 November) “Historical note on the 'noeud vital' or respiratory center”, in Bulletin of the History of Medicine, volume 16, number 4, →JSTOR, pages 343-350