Associations to the word «Vagus»

Wiktionary

VAGUS, noun. The vagus nerve.
VAGUS, noun. (Catholic) A homeless person or vagrant.
VAGUS NERVE, noun. (anatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves, which extends from the brainstem down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.
VAGUS NERVES, noun. Plural of vagus nerve

Dictionary definition

VAGUS, noun. A mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King