- paralysis of gaze
- inability to focus the gaze with either lateral or vertical eye movements, due to pathological processes that usually involve the supranuclear oculomotor centers or pathways. Called also ocular apraxia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
paralysis of gaze
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