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oculomotor
(redirected from oculomotor nerve paralysis)

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oc·u·lo·mo·tor  (ky-l-mtr)
adj.
1. Of or relating to movements of the eyeball: an oculomotor muscle.
2. Of or relating to the oculomotor nerve.

[Latin oculus, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots + motor.]

oculomotor [ˌɒkjʊləʊˈməʊtə]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) relating to or causing eye movements
[from oculo- + motor]
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Noun1.oculomotor - supplies extrinsic muscles of the eyeoculomotor - supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
cranial nerve - any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem


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