oculomotor nerve


oculomotor nerve

noun

Definition of OCULOMOTOR NERVE

: either of the pair of chiefly motor nerves that comprise the third pair of cranial nerves, arise from the midbrain, and supply four muscles of the eye

First Known Use of OCULOMOTOR NERVE

1881

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