Hypoglossal

a.

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(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

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hypoglossal - supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles Synonyms: hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve

cranial nerve, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve