NERVUS FACIALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

Synonyms:

facial; facial nerve; nervus facialis; seventh cranial nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nervus facialis" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

Holonyms ("nervus facialis" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

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