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oculomotor

American  
[ok-yuh-loh-moh-ter] / ˌɒk yə loʊˈmoʊ tər /

adjective

  1. moving or tending to move the eyeball.

    an oculomotor muscle.


oculomotor British  
/ ˌɒkjʊləʊˈməʊtə /

adjective

  1. relating to or causing eye movements

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Etymology

Origin of oculomotor

First recorded in 1880–85; oculo- + motor

Example Sentences

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For example, the oculomotor nerve controls the opening and closing of the eyelid and some eye movements.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

All of the other muscles are innervated by the oculomotor nerve, as is the levator palpebrae superioris.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The pupillary light reflex involves sensory input through the optic nerve and motor response through the oculomotor nerve to the ciliary ganglion, which projects to the circular fibers of the iris.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The oculomotor nerve controls all the other extraocular muscles, as well as a muscle of the upper eyelid.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

One side of a card might read, “Show me, sir, the lesions of Horner’s syndrome & oculomotor nerve paralysis. And what the divvil’s an Argyll Robertson pupil?”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French