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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word vagus nerve:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. vagus nerve: Merriam-Webster
  2. vagus nerve: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. vagus nerve: Collins English Dictionary
  4. vagus nerve: Vocabulary.com
  5. vagus nerve: Wiktionary
  6. vagus nerve: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. vagus nerve: Dictionary.com
  8. Vagus nerve: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. vagus nerve: Rhymezone
  10. vagus nerve: FreeDictionary.org
  11. vagus nerve: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. vagus nerve: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. vagus nerve: Legal dictionary

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  1. vagus nerve: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. vagus nerve: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nerve, vagus, Vagus nerve: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Vagus nerve: Merck Manuals
  6. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Vagus Nerve: Anatomy of the Human Body
  9. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  10. Vagus nerve: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  11. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  12. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  13. vagus nerve: Medical dictionary
  14. Nerve, vagus, Vagus nerve: Drug Medical Dictionary
  15. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vagus nerve)

noun:  (neuroanatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.

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