Etymology: L, vagus, wandering, temnein, to cut. the cutting of certain branches of the vagus nerve, performed with gastric surgery, to reduce the amount of gastric acid secreted and lessen the chance of recurrence of a gastric ulcer.With the patient under general anesthesia, a gastrectomy is performed, and the appropriate branches of the vagus nerve are excised.agotomy. interruption of the impulses carried by the vagus nerve or nerves; so called because it was first performed by surgical methods. The surgical procedure is done as part of the treatment of gastric or duodenal ulcer and often is performed in combination with gastroenterostomy or partial gastrectomy.
Ten of the 50 states were named after people. They are: Washington, named after George Washington; Pennsylvania, named after Sir William Penn; Louisiana, named after King Louis XIV of France; Georgia, named after King George II of England; Maryland, named after Henrietta Maria, the Queen of King Charles I of England; New York, named after the English Duke of York; North and South Carolina, named after Charles I of England; and Virginia and West Virginia, named after Elizabeth I, the âVirgin Queenâ of England. Four state capitals were named after presidents: Lincoln, Nebraska; Jackson, Mississippi; Jefferson City, Missouri; and Madison, Wisconsin.
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