Usually means: Cranial nerve motor nucleus medulla.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nucleus ambiguus)

noun:  A group of large motor neurons situated deep in the medullary reticular formation. It contains the cell bodies of nerves that innervate the muscles of the soft palate, pharynx, and larynx.

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