Sign or Symptom
ophthalmoplegia Audio
oph·thal·mo·ple·gia
Subclass of:
Ocular Motility Disorders; Paralysed
Etymology:
Greek ophthalmos = the eye + plege = a stroke + -ia = condition
Used of any paralysis of the eye muscles.
Definitions related to ophthalmoplegia:
  • Paralysis of one or more extraocular muscles that are responsible for eye movements.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Paralysis of one or more of the ocular muscles due to disorders of the eye muscles, neuromuscular junction, supporting soft tissue, tendons, or innervation to the muscles.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Weakness or paralysis of at least one of the muscles controlling the movement of the eye. It results from degeneration of the muscles or the neural pathways involved in the eye movement. Representative disorders causing ophthalmoplegia include ocular myopathies and multiple sclerosis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Ophthalmoplegia, paralysis of the extraocular muscles that control the movements of the eye. Ophthalmoplegia usually involves the third (oculomotor), fourth (trochlear), or sixth (abducens) cranial nerves. Double vision is the characteristic symptom in all three cases. In oculomotor paralysis the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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