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oculomotor definition

oculo·mo·tor (äk′yo̵̅o̅ lō mōt′ər, -yə-)

adjective

moving the eyeball; specif. designating or of either nerve of the third pair of cranial nerves, arising in the midbrain and supplying four of the six muscles that move each eyeball

Etymology: oculo- + motor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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