oculomotor nerve

noun

, Anatomy.

1. either one of the third pair of cranial nerves, consisting chiefly of motor fibers that innervate most of the muscles of the eyeball.

oculomotor nerve

noun

1. the third cranial nerve, which supplies most of the eye muscles

Word History and Origins

Origin of oculomotor nerve¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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