trigeminal

[ trahy-jem-uh-nl ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.

noun
  1. Also called trigeminal nerve . either one of the fifth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of mastication, and of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the head and face to the brain.

Origin of trigeminal

1
1820–30; <New Latin trigemin(us) (Latin: triple, equivalent to tri-tri- + geminus twin, double) + -al1

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How to use trigeminal in a sentence

  • Between the trigeminal and optic foramina are the very small foramina for the sixth nerves (fig. 25, B, VI).

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • These perforate the palatine and transmit branches of the trigeminal nerve and certain blood-vessels.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The epimeral purely sensory nerves to the somatic surface, equivalent in the vertebrate to the ascending root of the trigeminal.

    The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell
  • All the muscles belonging to this oral chamber are of the visceral type, and are innervated by the trigeminal nerve.

    The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell

British Dictionary definitions for trigeminal

trigeminal

/ (traɪˈdʒɛmɪnəl) /


adjective
  1. anatomy of or relating to the trigeminal nerve

Origin of trigeminal

1
C19: from Latin trigeminus triplet, from tri- + geminus twin

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