trigeminus

Questions about trigeminus

What does trigeminus mean?

trigeminus means "the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication".

How many syllables are in trigeminus?

trigeminus has 4 syllables: tri-ge-mi-nus. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for trigeminus?

Close synonyms include trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, nervus trigeminus, fifth cranial nerve. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trigeminus a common word?

trigeminus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.