Noun: trigeminus trI'je-mi-nus
- The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
"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";
- trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, nervus trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve
Type of: cranial nerve
Encyclopedia: Trigeminus