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hypoglossal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hypoglossal \Hyp`o*glos"sal\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr ? the tongue.] (Anat.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue. -- n. One of the hypoglossal nerves. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hypoglossal n : supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles [syn: {hypoglossal nerve}, {nervus hypoglosus}, {twelfth cranial nerve}]
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