vago-

Word Origin

a combining form with the meaning “vagus nerve,” used in the formation of compound words:

vagotomy.

Origin

see vagus, -o-

Related Words

vagodepressor
vagotomy
vagotonia
vagotropic

vago-
combining form
⇨ see vag-

vago-|ˈveɪgəʊ|used as comb. f. of vagus in a few terms of Anat. or Med. in the sense ‘of or pertaining to, denoting, the vagus or pneumogastric nerve (and some other nerve or part)’, as vago-accessory, vago-glossopharyngeal, vago-sympathetic adjs.; vaˈgotomy Surg. [-tomy], an operation in which the vagus nerve is cut, either as a research technique or as a means of reducing the rate of gastric secretion; hence vaˈgotomized ppl. a.1877M. Foster Physiol. iii. i. (1878) 392 In the mixed vago-sympathetic trunk.1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 860 Among bulbar nerves the vago-accessory is by far the most frequently attacked.1899Ibid. VI. 811 The hypoglossal root fibres lie in close proximity to those of the vago-glossopharyngeal nerve.1906J. R. Murlin tr. R. Tigenstedt's Text-bk. Human Physiol. vi. 190 The hearts of dogs which had survived bilateral vagotomy for several months presented no anatomical changes whatsoever.1948Gastroenterology X. 415 He then produced ulcers in the vagotomized animals.1955W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 180 You ought to go back to analysis. Or have a vagotomy.1974R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery vi. 79 Alternatively, the available gastric acid may be reduced by performing partial gastrectomy, or vagotomy and a drainage procedure if fibrous scarring has made the oesophagus too short to restore the cardia to the abdomen.1975Nature 20 Nov. 227/1 In response to isoprenaline, vagotomised rats also failed to drink normally.

vago-
— see vag-

词汇	vago-
词根词缀	Dictionary.com MWCD OED Webster vago- Word Origin 1 a combining form with the meaning “vagus nerve,” used in the formation of compound words: vagotomy. Origin see vagus, -o- Related Words vagodepressor vagotomy vagotonia vagotropic vago- combining form ⇨ see vag- vago-\|ˈveɪgəʊ\|used as comb. f. of vagus in a few terms of Anat. or Med. in the sense ‘of or pertaining to, denoting, the vagus or pneumogastric nerve (and some other nerve or part)’, as *vago-accessory, vago-glossopharyngeal, vago-sympathetic* adjs.; vaˈgotomy Surg. [-tomy], an operation in which the vagus nerve is cut, either as a research technique or as a means of reducing the rate of gastric secretion; hence vaˈgotomized ppl. a.1877M. Foster Physiol. iii. i. (1878) 392 In the mixed vago-sympathetic trunk.1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 860 Among bulbar nerves the vago-accessory is by far the most frequently attacked.1899Ibid. VI. 811 The hypoglossal root fibres lie in close proximity to those of the vago-glossopharyngeal nerve.1906J. R. Murlin tr. R. Tigenstedt's Text-bk. Human Physiol. vi. 190 The hearts of dogs which had survived bilateral vagotomy for several months presented no anatomical changes whatsoever.1948Gastroenterology X. 415 He then produced ulcers in the vagotomized animals.1955W. Gaddis Recognitions i. v. 180 You ought to go back to analysis. Or have a vagotomy.1974R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery vi. 79 Alternatively, the available gastric acid may be reduced by performing partial gastrectomy, or vagotomy and a drainage procedure if fibrous scarring has made the oesophagus too short to restore the cardia to the abdomen.1975Nature 20 Nov. 227/1 In response to isoprenaline, vagotomised rats also failed to drink normally. vago- — see vag-
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