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hypoglossus

US/ˌhaɪ.pəˈɡlɑs.əs/

hypoglossus is the alternative form of hypoglossal nerve.

Meaning of hypoglossal nerve

Noun

hypoglossal nerve (plural hypoglossal nerves)

  1. Either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.

Forms of hypoglossus

pluralhypoglossi

Origin of hypoglossus

Borrowed from New Latin hypoglōssus, clipping of nervus hypoglōssus (“hypoglossal nerve”).

Words that rhyme with hypoglossus

Questions about hypoglossus

What is hypoglossus the alternative form of?
Hypoglossus is the alternative form of hypoglossal nerve.
How do you pronounce hypoglossus?
Hypoglossus is pronounced /ˌhaɪ.pəˈɡlɑs.əs/ (US).

Words near hypoglossus in the dictionary

  1. hypoglossal nerve
  2. hypoglossal nerves
  3. hypoglossal nuclei
  4. hypoglossal nucleus
  5. hypoglossals
  6. hypoglossus
  7. hypoglucosis
  8. hypoglutamatergia
  9. hypoglutamatergic
  10. hypoglutamylation
  11. hypoglycaemia

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