Trigeminal

Definition: Trigeminal

Trigeminal

Noun

1. The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Trigeminal \Tri*gem"i*nal\, adjective. [See Trigeminous.]. (Websters 1913)

Health

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Trigeminal

Crosswords: Trigeminal

References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Trigeminal Neuralgia (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Operation Trigeminal (Magna Large Print Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

Trigeminal neuralgia is not fatal. (references)

Patients who do not respond to drugs may be helped by surgery on the trigeminal nerve. (references)

Many trigeminal neuralgia patients are controlled with drugs, including carbamazepine. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "trigeminal": Trigeminal Caudal Nucleus ♦ Trigeminal Ganglion ♦ Trigeminal Nerve ♦ Trigeminal Nerve Diseases ♦ Trigeminal Neuralgia ♦ Trigeminal Nuclei. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

троен (ternary, ternate, three ply, threefold, three-way, treble, tri-, trifacial, trine, tripartite, triple, triplex). (various references)

Danish

trigeminotomi ad modum Dandy (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), nucleus tractus spinalis nervi trigemini (nucleus of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve), nucleus sensorius principalis nervi trigemini (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), nucleus nervi trigemini (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), nucleus motorius nervi trigemini (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), nervus trigeminus (trifacial nerve, trigeminal nerve), nervus mandibularis (and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), impressio trigemini (trigeminal impression), idiopatisk trigeminusneuralgi (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), crista trigeminalis (trigeminal crest). (various references)

Dutch

trigeminus neuralgie (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), trigeminustakdoorsnijding (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), nucleus motorius nervi trigemini (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), Dandy-operatie (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), drielingzenuw (trigeminal nerve), impressio trigemini (trigeminal impression), nervus inframandibularis (and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), nervus inframaxillaris (and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), nervus mandibularis (and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), crista trigeminalis (trigeminal crest), nervus trigeminus (trifacial nerve, trigeminal nerve), nucleus motorius princeps nervi trigemini (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), nucleus nervi trigemini (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), nucleus radicis descendentis nervi trigemini (nucleus of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve), nucleus sensorius principalis nervi trigemini (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), nucleus tractus spinalis (nucleus of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve), nervus quintus (trifacial nerve, trigeminal nerve). (various references)

Finnish

trigeminusneuralgia (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), nucleus spinalis nervi trigemini (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), kolmoishermosärky (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), kolmoishermon selkäydintumake (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), Dandyn kolmoishermoleikkaus (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy). (various references)

French

trijumeau (trigeminal nerve), opération de Dandy (suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), noyau trigéminé (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), noyau sensitif principal du trijumeau (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), noyau masticateur (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), noyau gélatineux de Rolando (nucleus of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve), noyau du nerf trijumeau (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), nerf trijumeau (trifacial nerve, trigeminal nerve), nerf trigéminal (trifacial nerve, trigeminal nerve), nerf maxillaire inférieur (and the motor root of the trigeminal, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), nerf masticatoire (and the motor root of the trigeminal, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), nerf mandibulaire (and the motor root of the trigeminal, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), névralgie essentielle du trijumeau (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), fossette du ganglion de GASSER (trigeminal impression), ébauche du ganglion semi-lunaire (trigeminal crest). (various references)

German

Trigeminuskern (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), Nucleus tractus spinalis nervi trigemini (nucleus of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve), Nucleus sensorius principalis nervi trigemini (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), Nucleus originis n.tr. (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), Nucleus nervi trigemini (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), Nucleus motorius nervi trigemini (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), Nucleus masticatorius (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), Nucl.terminalis n.tr. (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), Nucl.termin.tr.sp.n.trig. (nucleus of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve), Nervus trigeminus (trifacial nerve, trigeminal nerve), Nervus mandibularis (a sensory root which comes from the Gasserian ganglion, and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), Impressio trigemini (trigeminal impression), Impressio angularis (trigeminal impression), Dandy-Operation (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), Crista trigeminalis (trigeminal crest). (various references)

Greek 

ιδιοπαθής νευραλγία του τριδύμου (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), εγχείρηση Dandy (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), εντύπωμα του γαγγλίου του τριδύμου (trigeminal impression), εμβρυικός ιστός από τον οποίον αναπτύσσεται το �"ασσέρειο γάγγλιο (trigeminal crest). (various references)

Italian

operazione di Dandy (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), nucleo trigemino spinale (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), nucleo sensitivo del trigemino (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), nucleo mediano del trigemino (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), nucleo masticatore (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), nucleo del tratto spinale del nervo trigemino (nucleus of spinal tract of trigeminal nerve), nuclei del trigemino (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), nevralgia trigeminale essenziale (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), nervo trigemino (trifacial nerve, trigeminal nerve), nervo mascellare inferiore (a sensory root which comes from the Gasserian ganglion, and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), nervo mandibolare (a sensory root which comes from the Gasserian ganglion, and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), impressio di Gasser (trigeminal impression), fossetta gasseriana (trigeminal impression), fossetta del ganglio di Gasser (trigeminal impression), cresta trigeminale (trigeminal crest). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

三叉神経痛 (trigeminal neuralgia), 三叉神経 (trigeminal nerve). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

さ�"さし�"けいつう (trigeminal neuralgia), さ�"さし�"けい (trigeminal nerve). (various references)

Pig Latin

igeminaltray

Portuguese

impressão trigeminal (trigeminal impression), crista trigeminalis (trigeminal crest). (various references)

Romanian

trigemen. (various references)

Spanish

operación de Dandy (Dandy operation, Dandy's operation, suboccipital trigeminal rhizotomy), neuralgia esencial del trigemino (idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia), nervio mandibular (a sensory root which comes from the Gasserian ganglion, and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), núcleo trigémino espinal (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), núcleo sensitivo superior del nervio trigémino (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), núcleo sensitivo principal del nervio trigémino (superior sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve), núcleo motor del nervio trigémino (motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve), núcleo del nervio trigémino (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus), impresión trigémina (trigeminal impression), cresta de trigémino (trigeminal crest). (various references)

Swedish

spinal trigeminuskärna (nucleus of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigimeninal nucleus). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "trigeminal": trigeminals. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: remailing, retailing, trameling.

-2 letters: alerting, altering, emailing, emigrant, gainlier, germinal, imaginer, inertial, integral, ligament, maligner, malinger, meriting, metaling, migraine, mitering, relating, remating, remigial, retiling, retiming, ringtail, tanglier, tegminal, terminal, tinglier, trailing, tramline, triangle.

-3 letters: ailment, airline, airtime, airting, aligner, aliment, atingle, elating, engrail, garment, gelatin, geminal, genital, germina, granite, gratine, gremial, gremlin, igniter.

+1 letter: meliorating, misaltering, misrelating, trigeminals.

+2 letters: ameliorating, mineralogist, reimplanting, streamlining, thermalizing.

+3 letters: germinability, intermarginal, marginalities, materialising, materializing, mineralogists, multiregional, restimulating, slipstreaming, temporalizing.

+4 letters: demilitarizing, egalitarianism, impregnability, lognormalities, mongrelization, remilitarizing, terminological.

+5 letters: commiseratingly, counterclaiming, deglamorization, dematerializing, egalitarianisms, germinabilities, immaterializing, melodramatising, melodramatizing, mongrelizations, oligomerization, overstimulating, reacclimatizing, rematerializing, trigonometrical.