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Of a cranial nerve
Answer for the clue "Of a cranial nerve ", 5 letters:
vagal
Word definitions for vagal in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context anatomy English) of or relating to the vagus nerve
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vagal \Va"gal\, a. [See Vagus .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to the vagus nerve [syn: pneumogastric ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to the vagus," 1846, from vagus + -al (1).
Usage examples of vagal.
He said she died of vagal inhibition, which means the vagus nerve stops working, which it apparently can do fairly easily.
Actual death might be precipitated by vagal inhibition originating in the nasopharynx or glottis.
Stuffs commonly used as a preanesthetic to prevent reflex vagal stimulation of the heart.
Then the heart masseur, the oxygenator, the artificial kidney would fight against vagal inhibition and maintain life in his body until he had painfully accepted the frustration of his planned escape from the world.