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nystagmus [ni-stag-muh s] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
Origin of nystagmus 1815–25; New Latin Greek nystagmós nodding, derivative of nystázein to nodRelated formsnys·tag·mic, adjective Examples from the Web for nystagmus Historical Examples of nystagmus
On the right, nystagmus on fixation, fingers are counted at 5-6 feet.
C. Schweigger
These were nystagmus, paresis of facial muscles, laryngeal spasms, etc.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
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Nystagmus occasionally occurs in monocular fixation (with exclusion of the other eye).
C. Schweigger
Not to complicate the question, however, I have excluded all cases of nystagmus from the following investigation.
C. Schweigger
In Figure L 3a the nystagmus occurs only in males and descends through unaffected females.
Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress
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British Dictionary definitions for nystagmus nystagmus noun
- 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
Word Origin for nystagmus C19: New Latin, from Greek nustagmos Word Origin and History for nystagmus n.
medical Latin, from Greek nystagmos “nodding, drowsiness,” from nystazein “to nod, be sleepy,” from PIE *sneud(h)- “to be sleepy.”
nystagmus in Medicine nystagmus [nĭ-stăg′məs] n.
- A rapid, involuntary oscillatory motion of the eyeball.
Related formsnys•tag′mic (-mĭk) null adj.