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NERVUS HYPOGLOSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nervus hypoglosus mean?
• NERVUS HYPOGLOSUS (noun)
The noun NERVUS HYPOGLOSUS has 1 sense:
1. supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
Familiarity information: NERVUS HYPOGLOSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hypoglossal; hypoglossal nerve; nervus hypoglosus; twelfth cranial nerve
Hypernyms ("nervus hypoglosus" is a kind of...):
cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)
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