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trigeminous

trigeminous adjective: born three together; being one of three born at the same birth.

Adjective

trigeminous (not comparable)

  1. born three together; being one of three born at the same birth
  2. threefold
    • The trigeminous variety presents by far the most interesting pathological entity yet observed among diseases of which cough is a symptom.1886 March 20, “Trigeminous Cough”, in The American Practitioner and News, volume I (New Series), number 6, page 172
  3. trigeminal
    • trigeminous nerve
    • With report of two cases and demonstration of anatomical specimens, I described before the last congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie an operative procedure modifying Krönlein's method to expose the second and third branch of the trigeminous at the base of the skull.1906 January–June, Erich Lexner, translated by E. C. Riebel, “Simplifying Modification of Kronlein's Trigeminous Operation”, in Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, volume II, page 47
  4. exhibiting trigeminy
    • trigeminous beat/pulse
    • As the action developed further, trigeminous beats began; still later they developed into an irregular spontaneous ventricular rhythm.1926, A. R. Cushny, K. Y. Yu, “Slowing and Block in the Heart under Digitalis in Animals”, in The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, volume XXVI, number 1, page 11

Origin of trigeminous

From Latin trigeminus (“born three together”), from tri- + geminus (“twin”). Compare tergeminous.

Words that rhyme with trigeminous

Questions about trigeminous

What does trigeminous mean?
Trigeminous means born three together; being one of three born at the same birth.
What part of speech is trigeminous?
Trigeminous is an adjective.

Words near trigeminous in the dictionary

  1. trigeminofacial
  2. trigeminohypothalamic
  3. trigeminoreticular
  4. trigeminospinal
  5. trigeminothalamic
  6. trigeminous
  7. trigeminovascular
  8. trigeminus
  9. trigeminy
  10. trigender
  11. trigeneration

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