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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In zoology and anatomy, the trifacial nerve. See trifacial.

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  • noun trigeminal nerve

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  • noun the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, from Latin, born as three twins, triple : tri-, tri- + geminus, twin.]

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