Trigeminal Synonyms

trī-jĕmə-nəl
The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. trigeminal-nerve
  2. trigeminus
  3. nervus trigeminus
  4. fifth-cranial-nerve

Words Related to Trigeminal

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. neuralgia
  2. post-herpetic
  3. postherpetic
  4. suprascapular
  5. sciatic
  6. occipital

Trigeminal Sentence Examples

  • The lining of these pits is amply supplied with branches from the trigeminal nerves, but the f unction is still quite unknown.

  • It is of undoubted value as a local anodyne in sciatica and neuralgia, especially in ordinary facial or trigeminal neuralgia.

  • Foramina by which the optic, trigeminal and portio dura, and abducens nerves leave the skull.

  • The trigeminal nerve is exposed by performing a craniotomy (small hole in the skull behind the ear ).

  • The most frequently involved cranial nerve dermatome is the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve.

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