Trigeminal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trigeminal \Tri*gem"i*nal\, a. [See {Trigeminous}.] (Anat.)
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial
     nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main
     branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the
     mouth; trifacial.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trigeminal
       n : the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the
           muscles of mastication [syn: {trigeminal nerve}, {trigeminus},
            {nervus trigeminus}, {fifth cranial nerve}]