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Trigeminal

Trigeminal Meaning & Definition
Trigeminal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Trigeminal?

[n] the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication

Synonyms | Synonyms for Trigeminal: fifth cranial nerve | nervus trigeminus | trigeminal nerve | trigeminus

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See Also | cranial nerve

Trigeminal In Webster's Dictionary

\Tri*gem"i*nal\, a. [See {Trigeminous}.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.

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