OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ophthalmoplegia mean? 

• OPHTHALMOPLEGIA (noun)
  The noun OPHTHALMOPLEGIA has 1 sense:

1. paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye

  Familiarity information: OPHTHALMOPLEGIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPHTHALMOPLEGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ophthalmoplegia" is a kind of...):

palsy; paralysis (loss of the ability to move a body part)

 Context examples 

Representative disorders causing ophthalmoplegia include ocular myopathies and multiple sclerosis.

(Ophthalmoplegia, NCI Thesaurus)