Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hypoglossal

1 sense of hypoglossal

Sense 1
hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve -- (supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles)
       => cranial nerve -- (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)