vagus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

vagus
    n 1: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and
         lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the
         abdominal viscera [syn: {vagus}, {vagus nerve}, {nervus
         vagus}, {pneumogastric}, {pneumogastric nerve}, {tenth
         cranial nerve}, {wandering nerve}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vagus \Va"gus\, a. [L., wandering.] (Anat.)
   Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
   -- n. The vagus, or pneumogastric, nerve.
   [1913 Webster]