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1. (adj.) hypoglossal
situated under the tongue.
Etymology: (1825–35; hypo - + Gk glôss(a) tongue (see gloss2) + -al1)
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1. (noun) hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve
supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
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1. (adj) hypoglossal
under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue
2. (noun) hypoglossal
one of the hypoglossal nerves
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