SINCE 1828
hypoglossal nerve
nounDefinition of hypoglossal nerve
: either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates
— called also hypoglossal
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