nystagmus
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[edit] Etymology
First attested in 1798. From New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmos, “nodding, drowsiness”), from νυστάζω (nustazō, “nod, be sleepy”).
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- IPA: /nɪˈstæɡməs/
[edit] Noun
nystagmus (plural nystagmuses)
- rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral
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- 1970: For months Travis had seen his solitary figure, shoulders hunched inside the flying jacket, in more and more newsreels, as an extra in war films, and then as a patient in an elegant ophthalmic film on nystagmus — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition
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[edit] Noun
nystagmus m.
