blepharoclonus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

blepharo- +‎ clonus

Noun[edit]

blepharoclonus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      He showed a rather unblinking, lizard-like stare, except when grimacing, or during his rare paroxysms of blepharoclonus.
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