auditory nerve
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nounDefinition of AUDITORY NERVE
: either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves connecting the inner ear with the brain and transmitting impulses concerned with hearing and balance — see ear illustration
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1713
auditory nerve
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of AUDITORY NERVE
: either of the eighth pair of cranial nerves connecting the inner ear with the brain, transmitting impulses concerned with hearing and balance, and composed of the cochlear nerve and the vestibular nerve—called also acoustic nerve, auditory, eighth cranial nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve
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