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TRIGEMINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trigeminus mean?
• TRIGEMINUS (noun)
The noun TRIGEMINUS has 1 sense:
1. the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
Familiarity information: TRIGEMINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
fifth cranial nerve; nervus trigeminus; trigeminal; trigeminal nerve; trigeminus
Hypernyms ("trigeminus" is a kind of...):
cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)
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