hypoglossal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles
    twelfth cranial nerve; nervus hypoglosus; hypoglossal nerve.

WordNet

Hyp`o*glos"sal adjective
Etymology
Pref. hypo- + Gr. the tongue.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) 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. -- n. One of the hypoglossal nerves.

Webster 1913