HyperDic: fifth_cranial_nerve

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

English > *fifth cranial nerve*: 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, nervus trigeminus
Broader	cranial nerve	Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
Spanish	nervio trigémino, trigémino