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glossopharyngeal nerve

glossopharyngeal nerve noun: either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves which are mixed nerves that exit the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla oblongata, carry afferent sensory and efferent motor information, and supply the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland.

Noun

glossopharyngeal nerve (plural glossopharyngeal nerves)

  1. Either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves which are mixed nerves that exit the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla oblongata, carry afferent sensory and efferent motor information, and supply the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland.

glossopharyngeal nerve meaning in Tamil and Telugu

glossopharyngeal nerve in Tamil

கிளாசோஃபெரிஞ்சியல், நாக்குத் தொண்டை நரம்பு

glossopharyngeal nerve in Telugu

glossopharyngeal nerve
జిహ్వ గళ నాడి jihva gaḷa nāḍi

Synonyms of glossopharyngeal nerve

Forms of glossopharyngeal nerve

pluralglossopharyngeal nerves

Questions about glossopharyngeal nerve

What does glossopharyngeal nerve mean?
Glossopharyngeal nerve means either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves which are mixed nerves that exit the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla oblongata, carry afferent sensory and efferent motor information, and supply the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland.
What is glossopharyngeal nerve in Tamil?
Glossopharyngeal nerve in Tamil is கிளாசோஃபெரிஞ்சியல், நாக்குத் தொண்டை நரம்பு. See Glossopharyngeal nerve meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is glossopharyngeal nerve?
Glossopharyngeal nerve is a noun.
What is the plural of glossopharyngeal nerve?
The plural of glossopharyngeal nerve is glossopharyngeal nerves.

Words near glossopharyngeal nerve in the dictionary

  1. glossopalatine nerves
  2. glossopalatinus
  3. glossopathy
  4. glossophagine
  5. glossopharyngeal
  6. glossopharyngeal nerve
  7. glossopharyngeal nerves
  8. glossopharyngeals
  9. glossopharynx
  10. glossophile
  11. glossophiles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glossopharyngeal nerve (page history and authors); glossopharyngeal nerve (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జిహ్వ గళ నాడి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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