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

1 sense of nervus hypoglosus

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)