facial nerve
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nounDefinition of FACIAL NERVE
: either of the seventh pair of cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the tongue, palate, and fauces
First Known Use of FACIAL NERVE
circa 1818
Rhymes with FACIAL NERVE
facial nerve
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of FACIAL NERVE
: either of the seventh pair of cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the tongue, palate, and fauces—called also seventh cranial nerve, seventh nerve
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