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hypoglossal nerve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
hy-poglos-sal n-erve
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.

Inflected Forms

hypoglossal nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

hypoglossal nervus hypoglosus twelfth cranial nerve

Questions

What does hypoglossal nerve mean?
Either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.

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