trigeminal nerve
noun
: either of a pair of large mixed nerves that are the fifth cranial nerves and supply motor and sensory fibers mostly to the face
called also trigeminal
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Brooks’ team harnessed the trigeminal nerve to create temperature illusions in VR. 
Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that affects the trigeminal nerve, which is responsible for facial sensation and movement. The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022 In early 2020, Hines was also diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, which is an extremely intense pain in the trigeminal nerve on the side of the face. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 18 Mar. 2022 Trigeminal neuralgia is a pain syndrome involving the trigeminal nerve, which provides the sensation to the face in three bands, called divisions of the nerve: the eye and scalp, upper jaw and nose, and lower jaw and ear. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021 Researchers have targeted the vagus nerve, which runs from the neck to the abdomen and helps control mood, immune responses, digestion and heart rate, and the trigeminal nerve, which transmits sensory information to the face and jaw. Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021 Mint, for example, stimulates the trigeminal nerve. Dr. Samuel Rothman, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2021 These can include stimulating saliva with umami flavor and stimulating the trigeminal nerve, which amongst other roles, regulates spicy-food sensations like stinging, cooling or even burning. Dr. Samuel Rothman, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2021 The cookbook, which was released March 29, includes 17 recipes that emphasize texture, umami, layering and stimulating the trigeminal nerve, while eliminating common ingredients that could be offensive, like garlic and onions. Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021 See More
Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that affects the trigeminal nerve, which is responsible for facial sensation and movement. The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2022 In early 2020, Hines was also diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, which is an extremely intense pain in the trigeminal nerve on the side of the face. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 18 Mar. 2022 Trigeminal neuralgia is a pain syndrome involving the trigeminal nerve, which provides the sensation to the face in three bands, called divisions of the nerve: the eye and scalp, upper jaw and nose, and lower jaw and ear. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021 Researchers have targeted the vagus nerve, which runs from the neck to the abdomen and helps control mood, immune responses, digestion and heart rate, and the trigeminal nerve, which transmits sensory information to the face and jaw. Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021 Mint, for example, stimulates the trigeminal nerve. Dr. Samuel Rothman, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2021 These can include stimulating saliva with umami flavor and stimulating the trigeminal nerve, which amongst other roles, regulates spicy-food sensations like stinging, cooling or even burning. Dr. Samuel Rothman, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2021 The cookbook, which was released March 29, includes 17 recipes that emphasize texture, umami, layering and stimulating the trigeminal nerve, while eliminating common ingredients that could be offensive, like garlic and onions. Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1830, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
trigeminal nerve
noun
: either of the fifth pair of cranial nerves that are mixed nerves and in humans are the largest of the cranial nerves and that arise by a small motor root and a larger sensory root which both emerge from the side of the pons with the sensory root bearing the trigeminal ganglion and dividing into ophthalmic, maxillary, and mandibular nerves and the motor root supplying fibers to the mandibular nerve and through this to the muscles of mastication
called also fifth cranial nerve, trifacial nerve, trigeminus