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vagotonia
va·go·to·ni·a [ vàygə tṓnee ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
overactive cranial nerves: a pathological condition in which overactivity of the tenth pair of cranial nerves vagi affects bodily functions controlled by these nerves, e.g. those in blood vessels and the gut
[Early 20th century. <vago- + Greek tonos "stretching, tension"]

va·go·ton·ic [ vàygə tónnik ] adjective
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