hypoglossal
/HH AY0 P OW0 G L AA1 S AH0 L/adjective
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(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the area under the tongue.
noun
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(anatomy) Ellipsis of hypoglossal nerve. [(neuroanatomy) Either of the 12th and final pair of cranial nerves which are motor nerves arising from the medulla oblongata and supplying muscles of the tongue in higher vertebrates.]
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