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progressive ophthalmoplegia

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progressive ophthalmoplegia
n.
Progressive upper bulbar palsy, due to degeneration of the nuclei of the motor nerves of the eye.

progressive ophthalmoplegia
Etymology: L, progredi
a form of ocular muscle paralysis that usually begins with ptosis and gradually involves all of the extraocular muscles.

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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