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 acoustic nerve acoustic nerve /əˈkuːstɪk nɜrv/

noun

  1. A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea  ( acoustic nerve , auditory nerve , eighth cranial nerve , nervus vestibulocochlearis , vestibulocochlear nerve )
    a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea