Listing's law

Listing's law definition - medical

Lis·ting's law (lĭsˈtĭngz)

noun
The principle that when the eye turns from looking at one object and fixes upon another, it revolves about an axis perpendicular to a plane cutting both the former and the present lines of vision.

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