nystagmus
a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
Origin of nystagmus
1Other words from nystagmus
- nys·tag·mic, adjective
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How to use nystagmus in a sentence
nystagmus occasionally occurs in monocular fixation (with exclusion of the other eye).
Schweigger on Squint | C. SchweiggerNot to complicate the question, however, I have excluded all cases of nystagmus from the following investigation.
Schweigger on Squint | C. Schweigger(a) If the ear be normal, there is no spontaneous nystagmus.
Slight horizontal nystagmus in both eyes on extreme outward rotation of the eyeballs.
Syringing with hot water causes a nystagmus directed towards the ear syringed; syringing with cold water, away from the ear.
British Dictionary definitions for nystagmus
/ (nɪˈstæɡməs) /
involuntary movement of the eye comprising a smooth drift followed by a flick back, occurring in several situations, for example after the body has been rotated or in disorders of the cerebellum
Origin of nystagmus
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