nystagmus
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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: /nɪ'stægməs/
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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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nystagmus m.
