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noun

Either of the third pair of cranial nerves, which originate in the midbrain and control most of the muscles that move the eyeballs.
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Noun

(plural oculomotor nerves)

  1. The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.
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oculomotor nerve - Medical Definition

n.

Either of the third pair of cranial nerves, which originate in the midbrain and control most of the muscles that move the eyeballs.
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