noun
Usage: usually capitalized V
: a nerve formed by the union of the greater superficial petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves and passing forward through the pterygoid canal in the sphenoid bone and joining the sphenopalatine ganglion
noun
Usage: usually capitalized V
: a nerve formed by the union of the greater superficial petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves and passing forward through the pterygoid canal in the sphenoid bone and joining the sphenopalatine ganglion
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012