Found 2 items, similar to Hypoglossal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hypoglossal
hypoglossal
n : supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue
muscles [syn:
hypoglossal nerve,
nervus hypoglosus,
twelfth cranial nerve
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hypoglossal
Hypoglossal
\Hyp`o*glos"sal\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. ? the
tongue.] (Anat.)
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. -- n. One of the
hypoglossal nerves.
[1913 Webster]