Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trigeminous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trigemi-nous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

born three together; being one of three born at the same birth

adj

adj

adj

exhibiting trigeminy

Example Sentences

"The trigeminous variety presents by far the most interesting pathological entity yet observed among diseases of which cough is a symptom."
"trigeminous nerve"
"With report of two cases and demonstration of anatomical specimens, I described before the last congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie an operative procedure modifying Krönlein's method to expose the second and third branch of the trigeminous at the base of the skull."
"Without going into a minute review of the trigeminous nerve, its roots, its three main branches and its numerous endings, the author pointed out the components of the reflex nerve tract reaching the ciliary muscle."
"It is compression of the retrogasserian trigeminal nerve within the confines of the porous trigeminous."
"trigeminous beat/pulse"

Etymology

From Latin trigeminus (“born three together”), from tri- + geminus (“twin”). Compare tergeminous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: trigeminus

Frequently Paired Words

trigeminal trigeminy trigeminus bigeminous

Homonyms

trigeminus

Rhymes With

trigeminus quadrigeminous geminous tergeminous

Questions

What does trigeminous mean?: born three together; being one of three born at the same birth
Where does trigeminous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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