Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pneumogastric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pneu-mo-gas-tric
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach

adj

vagus (attributive)

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"[…]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."

Etymology

From pneumo- + gastric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pneumo

Inflected Forms

pneumogastrics (plural)

Phrases

pneumogastric nerve

Synonyms

vagal vagus vagus nerve nervus vagus pneumogastric nerve tenth cranial nerve wandering nerve

Questions

What does pneumogastric mean?: Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
Where does pneumogastric come from?: From pneumo- + gastric.

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