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Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.

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  1. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.
  2. n. the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
  3. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.
  4. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranialnerves, which divide on each side of the head into three mainbranches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth;trifacial.
  5. j:100 n. the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication