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FIFTH CRANIAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fifth cranial nerve mean? 

FIFTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun FIFTH CRANIAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of masticationplay

  Familiarity information: FIFTH CRANIAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIFTH CRANIAL NERVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fifth cranial nerve; nervus trigeminus; trigeminal; trigeminal nerve; trigeminus

Hypernyms ("fifth cranial nerve" is a kind of...):

cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)


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