| vaginule | <botany> A vaginula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Vaginulus plebeius | The slug vector of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagitus uterinus | Crying of the foetus while still within the uterus, possible when the membranes have been ruptured and air has entered the uterine cavity. Origin: L. Fr. Vagio, to squall; L. Fr. Uterus, womb (05 Mar 2000) |
| vago- | The vagus nerve. Origin: L. Vagus (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagoaccessorius | The vagus and the cranial root (accessory portion) of the accessory nerve, regarded as one nerve. See: accessory nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagoglossopharyngeal | Relating to the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves; denoting their contiguous or common nuclei of origin and termination and regions innervated by both nerves such as the musculature of the pharynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagolysis | Surgical destruction of the vagus nerve. Origin: vago-+ G. Lysis, a loosening (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagolytic | Having an effect resembling that produced by interruption of impulses transmitted by the vagus nerve, parasympatholytic. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (18 Nov 1997) |
| vagomimetic | Mimicking the action of the efferent fibres of the vagus nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagotomy | <radiology> Effects of bilateral vagotomy (cholinergic denervation): decreased motility of stomach and intestine, decreased gastric secretions, decreased tone of gallbladder and bile ducts, increased tone of sphincters (Oddi and lower oesophageal sphincter) (12 Dec 1998) |
| vagotomy, proximal gastric | Vagal denervation of that part of the stomach lined with acid secreting mucosa. Since the procedure leaves the vagal branches to the antrum and pylorus intact, it circumvents gastric drainage required with truncal vagotomy techniques. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vagotomy, truncal | Bilateral dissection of the abdominal branches of the vagus nerve. It is used frequently in the surgical management of duodenal and gastric ulcers, as well as in physiologic studies of gastrointestinal secretion and motility. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vagotonia | Hyperexcitability of the vagus nerve, a condition in which the vagus nerve dominates in the general functioning of the body organs. It is marked by vasomotor instability, constipation, sweating and involuntary motor spasms with pain. (18 Nov 1997) |
| vagotonic | Relating to or marked by vagotonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vagotropic | Attracted by, hence acting upon, the vagus nerve. Origin: vago-+ G. Tropos, turning (05 Mar 2000) |