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noun
Either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hypoglossal, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cranial nerve
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