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Webster 1913 Edition
Hypoglossal
Hypˊo-glos′sal
,Adj.
[Pref.
hypo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] 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.
– Noun.
One of the hypoglossal nerves.
Definition 2024
hypoglossal
hypoglossal
English
Adjective
hypoglossal
Derived terms
- hypoglossal canal
- hypoglossal nerve
- hypoglossal nucleus
Noun
hypoglossal (plural hypoglossals)
Translations
any of the nerves under the tongue
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