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oculocardiac

oculocardiac adjective: relating to the eyes and heart; applied to a reflex where a decrease in pulse rate is associated with traction applied to extraocular muscles and/or compression of the eyeball.

Adjective

oculocardiac (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the eyes and heart; applied to a reflex where a decrease in pulse rate is associated with traction applied to extraocular muscles and/or compression of the eyeball.

Origin of oculocardiac

From oculo- + cardiac.

Questions about oculocardiac

What does oculocardiac mean?
Oculocardiac means relating to the eyes and heart; applied to a reflex where a decrease in pulse rate is associated with traction applied to extraocular muscles and/or compression of the eyeball.
What part of speech is oculocardiac?
Oculocardiac is an adjective.

Words near oculocardiac in the dictionary

  1. oculoauditory
  2. oculoauricular
  3. oculoauriculovertebral
  4. oculobuccogenital
  5. oculobulbar
  6. oculocardiac
  7. oculocentre
  8. oculocentres
  9. oculocentric
  10. oculocephalic
  11. oculocephalogyric

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