Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the vagus, or par vagum; pneumogastric. See
vagus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy of or relating to the
vagus nerve
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the vagus nerve
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Examples
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That safeguard is called the vagal brake, a concept developed by the pioneering work of Stephen Porges.
SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010
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The difference between these states is called vagal tone.
SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010
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The difference between these states is called vagal tone.
SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010
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That safeguard is called the vagal brake, a concept developed by the pioneering work of Stephen Porges.
SO STRESSED William Kent Krueger 2010
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A new technique called vagal nerve stimulation is very helpful in depression.10 The vagus nerve is your calming, relaxation nerve.
The UltraMind Solution M.D. Mark Hyman 2009
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They measured infants 'heart rates while they were exposed to the stressor, isolating a cardiac response called vagal tone.
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[6], [8], [59], US may be able to confer a spatial resolution similar to those achieved by currently implemented neuromodulation strategies such as vagal nerve stimulation and DBS, which have been shown to possess high therapeutic value
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[6], [8], [59], US may be able to confer a spatial resolution similar to those achieved by currently implemented neuromodulation strategies such as vagal nerve stimulation and DBS, which have been shown to possess high therapeutic value
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That is why people like Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama are known in neurological circles as "vagal superstars."
Mark Matousek: Why We Don't Need God to Be Good (and What Religious Folk Don't Want You to Know) Mark Matousek 2011
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That is why people like Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama are known in neurological circles as "vagal superstars."
Mark Matousek: Why We Don't Need God to Be Good (and What Religious Folk Don't Want You to Know) Mark Matousek 2011
chained_bear commented on the word vagal
Usage on vagus.
April 22, 2009