Nystagmus meaning

nĭ-stăgməs
Involuntary, rapid movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
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Nystagmus is a rapid and involuntary eye movement that can result in sight problems.

An example of nystagmus is when the eyeball suddenly moves from side to side by itself.

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A rapid, involuntary, oscillatory motion of the eyeball.
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A rapid, involuntary, oscillatory motion of the eyeball.
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Rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral.

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Origin of nystagmus

  • New Latin from Greek nustagmos drowsiness

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested in 1798. From New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmos, “nodding, drowsiness"), from νυστάζω (nustazō, “nod, be sleepy").

    From Wiktionary

Nystagmus Sentence Examples

  • There is some reason to believe that a peculiar condition found in the majority of human albinoes, and known as nystagmus, is correlated with the absence of pigment in the central nervous system.

  • The ocular findings in albinism include nystagmus, decreased visual acuity; hypopigmentation of retinal tissue, and macular hypoplasia.

  • The presence of optokinetic nystagmus may not exclude loss of vision due to brain injury.

  • A pendular nystagmus was present in all fields of gaze.

  • Nystagmus that appears in the first months of life is called " early onset nystagmus that appears in the first months of life is called " early onset nystagmus " or " congenital nystagmus " .

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