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Noun: third cranial nerve
  1. Supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye
    "Damage to the third cranial nerve can cause drooping of the eyelid and double vision";
    - oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, nervus oculomotorius

Derived forms: third cranial nerves

Type of: cranial nerve

Encyclopedia: Third cranial nerve