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TRIGEMINUS
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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:
Hypernyms ("trigeminus" is a kind of...):
cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)
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