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Definition: Eye Muscle |
Eye MuscleNoun1. One of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | The six external -- (two oblique muscles and four straight, or recti, muscles) rotate the eye in various directions. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: Eye MuscleSynonym: ocular muscle (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Eye Muscle |
| English words defined with "eye muscle": encephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis ♦ lethargic encephalitis ♦ sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "eye muscle": ciliary muscle ♦ rectus muscle ♦ straight eye muscle, straight muscle. (references) |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Individuals who have illnesses, brain disorders, or injuries of the visual or skeletal systems, such as eye muscle imbalance and arthritis, may also experience balance difficulties. (references) | |
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Expressions using "eye muscle": oblique eye muscle ♦ straight eye muscle. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
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eye muscle spasm | 7 |
eye muscle spasms | 6 |
disorder eye muscle | 6 |
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damage eye muscle nystagmus | 4 |
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eye muscle pain | 3 |
anatomy eye muscle | 2 |
disease eye muscle | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "eye muscle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | muscle moteur. (various references) | |
German | Augenmuskel. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eyeay usclemay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-l-m-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: lyceums, myceles. | |
-3 letters: clumsy, emcees, lycees, lyceum, melees, muleys, muscle, muscly, mycele, seemly. | |
-4 letters: clues, culms, cymes, emcee, emeus, luces, lycee, melee, mules, muley, seely, sycee, ylems, yules. | |
-5 letters: cees, cels, clue, cues, culm, cyme, ecus, eels, eely, elms, elmy, else, emes, emeu, emus, eyes, lees, leys, luce, lues, lums, lyes, lyse, mels, mule. | |
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