Vagal

Definition: Vagal

Vagal

Adjective

1. (neurology) of or relating to the vagus nerve.

Note: Vagal \Va"gal\, adjective. [See Vagus.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Vagal

Domain	Definitions
Health	Pertaining to the vagus nerve. (references)
Medicine	Pertaining to the vagus nerve, which supplies sensory connections to the ear, tongue, and pharynx. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Vagal

Synonym: pneumogastric (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Vagal

Specialty definitions using "vagal": Esophageal Achalasia ♦ Syncope, Vasovagal ♦ Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Vagal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (vagal), French (vagal), German (vagal), Portuguese (vagal).

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Commercial Usage: Vagal

Domain	Title
Books	Neuroanat and Physiology of Abdominal Vagal Afferents (reference) Vagal Control of the Heart: Experimental Basis and Clinical Implications (The Bakken Research Center, Vol 7) (reference) Vagal Nerve Function (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Vagal

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		First, there may be transient hypotension from bradycardia caused by central vagal stimulation. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Vagal

"Vagal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vagal" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	21	76,261

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Vagal

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "vagal": non-vagal, vago-vagal.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vagal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
vagal vaso	24
vagal	23
vagal nerve	21
nerve stimulator vagal	17
response vagal	15
vagal vasal	12
nerve stimulation vagal	9
stimulation vagal	7
malaise vagal	6
tone vagal	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Vagal

Language		Translations for "vagal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		交感神经. (various references)

Danish		vagal. (various references)

Dutch		vagus, vagalis, vagaal. (various references)

Finnish		vagaalinen. (various references)

French		vagal. (various references)

German		vagal. (various references)

Greek		πνευμονογαστρικός, παρασυμπαθητικός (parasympathetic). (various references)

Italian		vagale. (various references)

Korean		미주 � 경. (various references)

Pig Latin		agalvay.(various references)

Portuguese		vagal. (various references)

Russian		относящийся к блуждающему нерву. (various references)

Spanish		vagal. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Vagal

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	vagalis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: Vagal

Derivations
	Words beginning with "vagal": vagally. (additional references)
	Words ending with "vagal": vasovagal. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Vagal"

Words rhyming with "vagal" (pronounced 'Va"gal'): Agal-agal, Algal, Aurigal, Diphthongal, Dogal, Egal, Ergal, Espringal, frugal, fungal, Gregal, illegal, Infrugal, Jugal, legal, Medico-legal, Monophthongal, Orgal, Peregal, Pharyngal, Plagal, Preterlegal, Pygal, Quadratojugal, Superregal, Tergal, Triphthongal, Unperegal, Vice-regal. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Vagal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-l-v"
	-1 letter: alga, gala, lava.
	-2 letters: aal, aga, ala, ava, gal, lag, lav.
	-3 letters: aa, ag, al, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-g-l-v"
	+1 letter: gavial, lavage.
	+2 letters: gavials, gravlax, lavages, salvage, vagally, vaginal.
	+3 letters: aasvogel, availing, cleavage, galavant, galivant, galvanic, gravlaks, salvaged, salvagee, salvager, salvages, savagely.
	+4 letters: aasvogels, averagely, cleavages, galavants, galivants, gallivant, galvanise, galvanism, galvanize, navigable, navigably, palsgrave, salvagees, salvagers, salvaging, vaginally, vagrantly, valancing, valuating, vasovagal, vassalage, vulgarian.
	+5 letters: evaluating, flagstaves, galavanted, galivanted, gallivants, galvanised, galvanises, galvanisms, galvanized, galvanizer, galvanizes, margravial, palavering, palsgraves, reavailing, salivating, travailing, unavailing, validating, vassalages, vulgarians.
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