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partial ophthalmoplegia

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ophthalmoplegia /oph·thal·mo·ple·gia/ (of-thal″mo-ple´jah) paralysis of the eye muscles.ophthalmople´gic
external ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of the external ocular muscles.
internal ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of the iris and ciliary apparatus.
nuclear ophthalmoplegia  that due to a lesion of nuclei of motor nerves of the eye.
Parinaud's ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of conjugate upward movement of the eyes without paralysis of convergence, associated with midbrain lesions.
partial ophthalmoplegia  that affecting some of the eye muscles.
progressive external ophthalmoplegia  gradual paralysis affecting the extraocular muscles, and sometimes also the orbicularis oculi, leading to ptosis and progressive total ocular paresis.
total ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of all the eye muscles, both intraocular and extraocular.

partial ophthalmoplegia
n.
Ophthalmoplegia involving only one or two of the extrinsic or intrinsic ocular muscles.

ophthalmoplegia [of-thal″mo-ple´jah]
paralysis of the eye muscles. adj., adj ophthalmople´gic.
ophthalmoplegia exter´na paralysis of the extraocular muscles.
ophthalmoplegia inter´na paralysis of the iris and ciliary apparatus.
nuclear ophthalmoplegia that due to a lesion of nuclei of motor nerves of eye.
Parinaud's ophthalmoplegia Parinaud syndrome.
partial ophthalmoplegia that affecting some of the eye muscles.
progressive ophthalmoplegia gradual paralysis of all the eye muscles.
total ophthalmoplegia paralysis of all the eye muscles, both intraocular and extraocular.

ophthalmoplegia
paralysis of the eye muscles.

ophthalmoplegia externa
paralysis of the extraocular muscles.
ophthalmoplegia interna
paralysis of the iris and ciliary apparatus.
nuclear ophthalmoplegia
that due to a lesion of nuclei of motor nerves of the eye.
partial ophthalmoplegia
that affecting some of the eye muscles.
progressive ophthalmoplegia
gradual paralysis of all the eye muscles.
total ophthalmoplegia
paralysis of all the eye muscles, both intraocular and extraocular.


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