Definition of ophthalmoplegia in English:
ophthalmoplegia
noun ɒfˌθalmə(ʊ)ˈpliːdʒəɒpˌθalmə(ʊ)ˈpliːdʒəäfˌTHalməˈplēj(ē)ə
mass nounMedicine Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
Example sentencesExamples
- Cranial nerve musculature is less involved, and ophthalmoplegia is rare.
- The patient was observed until approximately 20 months later, when he developed new complaints of a 4.5-kg weight loss, bone and joint pain, and ophthalmoplegia.
- Chronic alcoholics are at risk of Wernicke's encephalopathy, in which delirium becomes complicated by ataxia and ophthalmoplegia.
- The latter would not explain the possible ophthalmoplegia and difficulty with ambulation, however.
- This is the first time that such a damaged enzyme - a DNA synthesis enzyme - has been shown to play a role in a degenerative disease, in this case a condition called progressive external ophthalmoplegia.
Derivatives
adjective
Medicine Ophthalmoplegic migraine is a rare form of migraine headache that is felt around the eye.