GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE


Meaning of GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌglä-sō-ˌfer-ən-ˈjē-əl-, ˌglȯ-, -fə-ˈrin-j(ē-)əl- ]

noun

Date: circa 1823

: either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves that are mixed nerves and supply chiefly the pharynx, posterior tongue, and parotid gland — called also glossopharyngeal

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