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[syn: hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hypoglossal \Hyp`o*glos"sal\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ? the
tongue.] (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. -- n. One of the
hypoglossal nerves.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hypoglossal
n 1: supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue
muscles [syn: hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus
hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve]