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adj
Of or pertaining to the trigeminal nerve (the fifth cranial nerve).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, relational
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of trigeminal nerve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, nervus trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cranial nerve
History
From Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”) + -al, equivalent to tri- + geminal.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
