Noun: trigeminal trI'je-mu-nul
- The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
"Trigeminal neuralgia causes severe facial pain along the distribution of the trigeminal nerve"; "trigeminus neuralgia causes severe facial pain along the distribution of the trigeminal nerve"; "nervus trigeminus neuralgia causes severe facial pain along the distribution of the trigeminal nerve"; "fifth cranial nerve neuralgia causes severe facial pain along the distribution of the trigeminal nerve";
- trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, nervus trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve
Derived forms: trigeminals
Type of: cranial nerve
Encyclopedia: Trigeminal