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nystagmus
[ ni-stag-muhs ]
noun
- a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
nystagmus
/ ɪˈæɡə /
noun
- involuntary movement of the eye comprising a smooth drift followed by a flick back, occurring in several situations, for example after the body has been rotated or in disorders of the cerebellum
Other yvlog Forms
- Բ·ٲm adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of nystagmus1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of nystagmus1
Example Sentences
Although the baby's general development was excellent, he was shocked to see that the baby's eyes were opaque and they were jerking abnormally from side to side, a phenomenon whose medical name is nystagmus.
The ranger also said he "observed four out of six clues on the horizontal gaze nystagmus test."
His love of TV partly resulted from having nystagmus, a condition in which the eyes move rapidly of their own accord, greatly impairing vision.
A 53-year-old professor of Hispanic studies at William & Mary, Root has nystagmus, a condition that causes her eyes to move involuntarily and makes it extremely challenging to read.
It’s hard—I have nystagmus, the result of a long-ago concussion.
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