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oculomotor nerve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
ocu-lo-mo-tor n-erve
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.

Inflected Forms

oculomotor nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

olfactory nerve optic nerve trochlear nerve trigeminal nerve abducens nerve facial nerve vestibulocochlear nerve glossopharyngeal nerve

Synonyms

oculomotor nervus oculomotorius third cranial nerve

Questions

What does oculomotor nerve mean?
The third of twelve paired cranial nerves, which controls most of the eye's movements and constriction of the pupil and maintains an open eyelid.

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