| Pronunciation: | | `hIpu'glâsul
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[n] supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles |
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HYPOGLOSSAL is a 11 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve |
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| | See Also: | | cranial nerve |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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