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adj. Of or relating to the area under the tongue.

adj. Of or relating to the hypoglossal nerve.

adj. of or pertaining to the area under the tongue

n. Any of the nerves under the tongue.

adj. Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue.

Situated under the tongue, wholly or in part: specifically applied to a pair of nerves

n. A hypoglossal nerve. Also hypoglossus.

n. supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

"By the end of January, Minneapolis-based Inspire Medical Systems plans to begin enrolling 100 apnea patients in a key study in the U.S. and Europe to see if so-called hypoglossal nerve stimulation really could work."

cranial nerve   

hypoglossal nerve   

hypoglossal nucleus    hypoglossal canal    hypoglossal nerve   

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