oculomotor

[ ok-yuh-loh-moh-ter ]

adjective

1. moving or tending to move the eyeball:

   an oculomotor muscle.

oculomotor

/ ˌɒkjʊləʊˈməʊtə /

adjective

1. relating to or causing eye movements

Word History and Origins

Origin of oculomotor¹

First recorded in 1880–85; oculo- + motor

Word History and Origins

Origin of oculomotor¹

C19: from oculo- + motor

Example Sentences

Closely associated with the optic was the small oculomotor, and near the connectives the small second antennal.

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Is there anatomical evidence that the ganglia of origin of the oculomotor and trochlear nerves represent many ganglia?

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Dohrn alone, as far as I know, as already pointed out, insists upon the multiple character of the oculomotor nerve.

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Other cranial nerves, particularly the oculomotor and the hypoglossal, may also be implicated.

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