HyperDic: nervus_trigeminus

English > 1 sense of the expression *nervus trigeminus*:
NOUN	body	nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve	the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication

English > *nervus trigeminus*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication.
Synonyms	trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve
Broader	cranial nerve	Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanish	nervio trigémino, trigémino