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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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