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noun
The branch of the facial nerve that contains sensory and parasympathetic fibers and that supplies the anterior tongue and parts of the palate and fauces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Synonyms: glossopalatine nerve, nerve of Wrisberg
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from New Latin nervus intermedius (“intermediate nerve”).
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