pneumogastric

English

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ gastric.

Adjective

pneumogastric (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• pneumogastric nerve

Noun

pneumogastric (plural pneumogastrics)

1. (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)

1. pneumogastric

Declension

Declension of pneumogastric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pneumogastric		pneumogastrică	pneumogastrici	pneumogastrice
	definite	pneumogastricul		pneumogastrica	pneumogastricii	pneumogastricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pneumogastric		pneumogastrice	pneumogastrici	pneumogastrice
	definite	pneumogastricului		pneumogastricei	pneumogastricilor	pneumogastricelor