Meanings
adjectiveparatrigeminal (not comparable)
- not comparableNear the trigeminal nerve
For example, the paratrigeminal respiratory group (pTRG) of lambreys brainstem is thought to play an important role in respiratory rhythm generation [68 –71 ].
2015 July 6, “A Phox2b BAC Transgenic Rat Line Useful for Understanding Respiratory Rhythm Generator Neural Circuitry”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with paratrigeminal
Seminoleseminaltrigeminalbigeminalcervicotrigeminalencephalotrigeminalextratrigeminalgeminaljuxtatrigeminalnasotrigeminalspinotrigeminalsubtrigeminalsupratrigeminal
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paratrigeminal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratrigeminal
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Chicago
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