ophthalmoplegia(ofthalmoplejia)

[NL., 2 Gr. ὀφθαλμός, eye, + πληγή, stroke.] Paralysis of one or more of the muscles of the eye. -Nuclear ophthalmoplegia, ophthalmoplegia due to a lesion of the nuclei of the third, fourth, or sixth nerve. - Ophthalmoplegia extern a, paralysis of the muscles which mo paralysis of iris and ciliary muscle. Ophthalmoplegia progre iva, a progre ive ophthalmoplegia due to nuclear degeneration, and similar to progre ive bulbar paralysis and progre ive muscular atrophy. Also called Total ophthalmoplegiaotiencephalitis perig the external muscles of the eyeball, with the iris and ciliary move the ball phthalmoplegia intern a, muscle. involving ophthalmoptoma (of-thal-mop-tō'mä), n. [NL., IMG:content-1753.png:[blocks in formation] opianic (o-pi-an'ik), a. [ opiate (o'pi-at), a. and n. [= F. opiat = Sp. Pg. opiato = It. oppiato, n., an opiate, electuary; More wakeful than to drowse, Charm'd with Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes, or his opiate rod. Milton , P. L., xi. 133. II. n. Any medicine that contains opium and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic; hence, anything which induces rest opinatively or inaction, or relieves uneasine or irritation, mental or bodily; anything that dulls sensation, mental or physical. Then all for death, that opiate of the soul. Pope , Moral E ays, ii. 91. opiate (ō'pi-at), v . t .; pret. and pp. opiated , ppr. opiating . [ Though no lethargic fumes the brain invest, And opiate all her active pow'rs to rest. Fenton, Epistle to T. Lambard. 2. To dull the effect of upon the mind, as by an opiate. We long to die in that spot which gave us birth, and in that pleasing expectation opiate every calamity. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, ciii. opiated(ō'pi-a-ted), a . [ opiate + -ed2 .] Mixed with opium. The opiated milk glews up the brain. Verses prefixed to Kennet's tr. of Erasmus's Praise of Folly. [( Davies .) opiatic (ō-pi-at'ik), a . [= F. opiatique = Sp. opiatico ; as opiate + -ic . ] c.] Of or pertaining to opiates; characteristic of or resulting from the use of opiates. [Rare.] Diluting this [arrack] with much water, I took it from time to time to combat the terrific opiatic reaction, and gradually I came back to my normal state. O'Donovan, Merv, xi.