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Eighth Cranial Nerve

Definition: Eighth Cranial Nerve

Eighth Cranial Nerve

Noun

1. A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea.

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

Synonyms: Eighth Cranial Nerve

Synonyms: acoustic nerve (n), auditory nerve (n), nervus vestibulocochlearis (n), vestibulocochlear nerve (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Eighth Cranial Nerve

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Health

NF2 is characterized by bilateral (occurring on both sides of the body) tumors on the eighth cranial nerve. (references)

One of the more common forms of schwannoma affects the eighth cranial nerve, which contains nerve cells important for balance and hearing. (references)

Scientists now know that the tumors typically occur on the vestibular nerve, another branch of the eighth cranial nerve near the auditory nerve. (references)

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eighth Cranial Nerve

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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eighth cranial nerve

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Modern Translations: Eighth Cranial Nerve

Language Translations for "eighth cranial nerve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

eighthay anialcray ervenay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Eighth Cranial Nerve

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-g-h-h-i-i-l-n-n-r-r-t-v"

-5 letters: cantilevering.

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Alternative Orthography: Eighth Cranial Nerve


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 69 67 68 74 68      43 72 61 6E 69 61 6C      4E 65 72 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01101000 00100000 01000011 01110010 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001110 01100101 01110010 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0069 0067 0068 0074 0068      0043 0072 0061 006E 0069 0061 006C      004E 0065 0072 0076 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39757374867423784678075677824871848871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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