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lateral pterygoid nerve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
lat-er-al ptery-goid n-erve
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the lateral pterygoid muscle.

Inflected Forms

lateral pterygoid nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

auriculotemporal nerve buccal nerve deep temporal nerve inferior alveolar nerve lingual nerve masseteric nerve medial pterygoid nerve

Synonyms

external pterygoid nerve nerve to the lateral pterygoid muscle

Questions

What does lateral pterygoid nerve mean?
A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the lateral pterygoid muscle.

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