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

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 Literature

The nerve that controlled the eyelid, called the oculomotor nerve, was the third in this column.

From New York Times

The experience felt as real as life, and my oculomotor system probably opined the same.

From Scientific American

I thought you might enjoy taking the tour with me, to see one way that neuroscientists study oculomotor function.

From Scientific American

The study, led by University College London and the University of Oxford, is understood to be the first time an oculomotor prosthesis - an implant that controls eye movement - has been used successfully.

From BBC