TRIGEMINUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication

Synonyms:

fifth cranial nerve; nervus trigeminus; trigeminal; trigeminal nerve; trigeminus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("trigeminus" is a kind of...):

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

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