"cranial nerve" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cranial nerves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cranial nerve (plural cranial nerves)
  1. (neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord. Wikipedia link: cranial nerve Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Synonyms: CN, cranial nerve Hypernyms: nerve Holonyms: somatic nervous system, peripheral nervous system, nervous system Translations (nerve): 腦神經 (Chinese Mandarin), 脑神经 (nǎoshénjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), hlavový nerv [masculine] (Czech), mozkový nerv [masculine] (Czech), aivohermo (Finnish), nerf crânien [masculine] (French), Hirnnerv [masculine] (German), agyideg (Hungarian), nervo cranico [masculine] (Italian), nervo encefalico [masculine] (Italian), 脳神経 (nōshinkei) (alt: のうしんけい) (Japanese), ми жүйкесі (mi jüikesı) (Kazakh), nervus cranialis [masculine] (Latin), demaxêdemar [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), nerw czaszkowy [masculine] (Polish), nervo craniano [masculine] (Portuguese), nervo cranial [masculine] (Portuguese), че́репно-мозгово́й нерв (čérepno-mozgovój nerv) [masculine] (Russian), черепно́й нерв (čerepnój nerv) [masculine] (Russian), hlavový nerv [masculine] (Slovak), nervio craneal [masculine] (Spanish), par craneal [masculine] (Spanish), kranialnerv [common-gender] (Swedish), bunguing dagandam (Tagalog), కపాలనాడి (kapālanāḍi) (Telugu)

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      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kranialnerv"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "nerve",
      "word": "bunguing dagandam"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kapālanāḍi",
      "sense": "nerve",
      "word": "కపాలనాడి"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cranial nerve"
}

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