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nervus intermedius

noun nervus in·ter·me·di·us \-ˌint-ər-ˈmēd-ē-əs\

Medical Definition of NERVUS INTERMEDIUS

:  the branch of the facial nerve that contains sensory and parasympathetic fibers and that supplies the anterior tongue and parts of the palate and fauces—called also glossopalatine nerve, nerve of Wrisberg

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