Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Paralysis of one or more of the muscles of the eye.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine A complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
WordNet 3.0
- n. paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye
Etymologies
- ophthalmo- + -plegia (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Visual loss and ophthalmoplegia after shoulder surgery.”
“Salavaggione E, Milbrandt J, Pestronk A (2007) Familial parkinsonism and ophthalmoplegia from a mutation in the mitochondrial DNA helicase twinkle.”
“The EBV neuropathies present with ophthalmoplegia, lumbosacral plexopathy, and sensory or autonomic neuropathy.”
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“Whereas diabetes insipidus is the most frequent symptom, sometimes as a result of the extension of the mass, patients can present with headaches, ophthalmoplegia and bilateral hemianopsia.”
“Pituitary adenomas represent the most frequently observed type of sellar masses; however, a rapidly growing sellar tumor, diabetes insipidus, ophthalmoplegia and headaches in an old patient strongly suggest metastasis to the pituitary.”
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