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Noun: sixth cranial nerve
  1. A small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
    - abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens

Derived forms: sixth cranial nerves

Type of: cranial nerve

Encyclopedia: Sixth cranial nerve