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NERVUS FACIALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nervus facialis mean?
• NERVUS FACIALIS (noun)
The noun NERVUS FACIALIS has 1 sense:
1. cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
Familiarity information: NERVUS FACIALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
facial; facial nerve; nervus facialis; seventh cranial nerve
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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