trigeminaladj.n.
/trʌɪˈdʒɛmɪnəl/ Anatomy.
a. A name for the fifth pair of cranial nerves, from their dividing into three branches: also called trifacial adj. Also absol. as n.
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pathetic1681
pathetical1681
wandering1718
trigeminal1830
trifacial1840
oculomotor1861
vagal1885
oculimotor1890
oculimotory1890
oculogyric1922
statoacoustic1928
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optic sinew?c1425
recurrent nerve1578
optic1615
optic nerve1615
recurrent1615
par vagum1666
fourth nerve1681
accessory nerve1682
chorda tympani1807
abducens1809
hypoglossus1811
pneumogastric1826
pneumogastric nerve1827
hypoglossal nerve1828
facial1834
fifth nerve1836–9
vagus1840
vagal nerve1854
vagus nerve1856
Jacobson's nerve1860
oculomotor1868
trigeminus1875
hypoglossal1876
oculimotor1890
pathetic1890
sixth1899
trigeminal1899
1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 349 The nerves of the arteries belong either to the sympathetic nerves, or to the spinal and trigeminal nerves.
1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) xi. 264 Each nerve of the fifth pair is very large..and, having three chief divisions, is often called trigeminal.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 744 Such pain follows the distribution of peripheral branches of the trigeminal.
b. Pertaining to, occurring in, or affecting the trigeminal nerve.
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1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 22 In cases of intercostal and trigeminal neuralgia.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 354 The trigeminal anæsthesia affects either the whole of the region..or only that supplied by special divisions.
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