vagotropic

English

Etymology

From vagus +‎ -tropic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

vagotropic (comparative more vagotropic, superlative most vagotropic)

1. Stimulating the vagus nerve.
   • 1916, Monographic Medicine, page 876:

     Capelle and Bayer believe that both the thyroid gland and the thymus gland produce an internal secretion that has two components, one sympathicotropic and one vagotropic.

   • 1921, Association for the Study of Internal Secretions, Endocrinology:

     These “vagotropic” actions can be referred to decreased irritability of the sympathetic nerve-endings.

   • 2014, Joseph Wilder, Stimulus and Response: The Law of Initial Value, page 227:

     This corresponds, as the authors stress, with our law since the epileptics are, after attacks, in a vagotonic situation; they therefore respond less to vagotropic stimuli.