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lingual nerve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
lin-gual n-erve
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sensory branch of the mandibular nerve that supplies the mucous membrane of the anterior two thirds of the tongue and the floor of the mouth and responds to stimuli of pressure, touch, and temperature.

Inflected Forms

lingual nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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

Questions

What does lingual nerve mean?
A sensory branch of the mandibular nerve that supplies the mucous membrane of the anterior two thirds of the tongue and the floor of the mouth and responds to stimuli of pressure, touch, and temperature.

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