Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Source : WordNet®
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}]