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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of the fifth pair of cranial nerves, being the chief sensory nerve of the face and the motor nerve of the muscles of chewing and having sensory and motor functions in the teeth, mouth, and nasal cavity.
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- noun anatomy The
nerve responsible forsensation andmotor function in theface andmouth .
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- noun the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
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