1. (noun)
vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
- a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera Synonyms: vagus, vagusnerve, pneumogastricnerve, wanderingnerve, tenth cranial nerve, nervusvagus, pneumogastric