ophthalmoplegia
(of-thal″mō-plē′j(ē-)ă)
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[ophthalmo- + -plegia]
Paralysis of some or all of the ocular muscles. Because extraocular movements are not intact, the patient cannot track an examiner’s finger as it passes from one side of the patient’s visual field to another.
OPHTHALMOPLEGIA
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Ophthalmoplegia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768210/3/ophthalmoplegia.
Ophthalmoplegia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768210/3/ophthalmoplegia. Accessed January 28, 2025.
Ophthalmoplegia. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768210/3/ophthalmoplegia
Ophthalmoplegia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 28]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768210/3/ophthalmoplegia.
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