Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the area under the tongue.
- adjective Of or relating to the hypoglossal nerve.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated under the tongue, wholly or in part: specifically applied to a pair of nerves
- noun A hypoglossal nerve. Also
hypoglossus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or pertaining to the area
under thetongue - noun anatomy Any of the
nerves under the tongue.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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By the end of January, Minneapolis-based Inspire Medical Systems plans to begin enrolling 100 apnea patients in a key study in the U.S. and Europe to see if so-called hypoglossal nerve stimulation really could work.
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By the end of January, Minneapolis-based Inspire Medical Systems plans to begin enrolling 100 apnea patients in a key study in the U.S. and Europe to see if so-called hypoglossal nerve stimulation really could work.
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By the end of January, Minneapolis-based Inspire Medical Systems plans to begin enrolling 100 apnea patients in a key study in the U.S. and Europe to see if so-called hypoglossal nerve stimulation really could work.
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By the end of January, Minneapolis-based Inspire Medical Systems plans to begin enrolling 100 apnea patients in a key study in the U.S. and Europe to see if so-called hypoglossal nerve stimulation really could work.
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Exogenous serotonin at the hypoglossal motor nucleus (HMN) stimulates genioglossus (GG) muscle activity.
Vytorin: Dis-Enhance-d | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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The twelfth pair (_hypoglossal_ nerves; control muscles of the tongue; efferent) connect with the muscles of the tongue.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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The twelfth pair, the hypoglossal, are also motor, pass to the muscles of the tongue, and help control the delicate movements in the act of speech.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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The motor nerve of the tongue is the ninth pair, the hypoglossal.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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Ninth or hypoglossal nerve distributed to the muscles of the tongue.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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Above the point F, is seen the glosso-pharyngeal nerve; below F, is seen the hypoglossal nerve.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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