Following a stroke, the patient is unable to move an eye because the extrinsic eye muscles are paralyzed, and the patient is unable to control movement of the eyeball. This condition is called:
A) ophthalmopathy
B) blepharoptosis
C) blepharopathy
D) ophthalmoplegia
D
Explanation: The combining form ophthalm/o means "eye" and the suffix -plegia, "paralysis."
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