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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that originates in the midbrain and innervates a muscle of the eyeball.
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- noun anatomy A
motor nerve thatinnervates thesuperior oblique muscle of theeye .
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- noun either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes
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