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    VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochleaplay

    Synonyms:

    acoustic nerve; auditory nerve; eighth cranial nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve

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    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("vestibulocochlear nerve" is a kind of...):

    cranial nerve (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)

    Holonyms ("vestibulocochlear nerve" is a part of...):

    auditory system (the sensory system for hearing)

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