Hypoglossal

Definition:

  • (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.
  • (n.) One of the hypoglossal nerves.

Compare hypoglossal with other words:

hyoglossal vs. hypoglossal

hypoglossal vs. nerve

hypoglossal vs. tongue

hypoglossal vs. under