Nystagmus
21nystagmus — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nystagmos drowsiness, from nystazein to doze; probably akin to Lithuanian snusti to doze Date: 1867 a rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs • nystagmic adjective …
22nystagmus — fixation of the eye on an object while the body is rotating and the return of the eye to its normal position when the eye has rotated to its anatomical limit …
23Nystagmus — Nys|tạg|mus 〈m.; Gen.: ; Pl.: unz.; Med.〉 Zittern der Augäpfel [Etym.: <grch. nystagmos »Schläfrigkeit«] …
24Nystagmus — Nystạg|mus [zu gr. νυσταζειν = nicken] m; : Augenzittern, angeborenes od. (als Begleitsymptom bei bestimmten Krankheiten) erworbenes unwillkürliches Zittern des Augapfels in Form von rasch aufeinanderfolgenden horizontalen, vertikalen oder… …
25nystagmus — nɪ stægmÉ™s n. nodding of the eyeball, reflexive movement of the eyeball …
26nystagmus — [nɪ stagməs] noun rapid involuntary movements of the eyes. Derivatives nystagmic adjective Origin C19: from Gk nustagmos nodding, drowsiness …
27nystagmus — nys·tag·mus …
28nystagmus — nys•tag•mus [[t]nɪˈstæg məs[/t]] n. phl oph a persistent, rapid, involuntary side to side eye movement • Etymology: 1815–25; < NL < Gk nystagmós nodding, der. of nystázein to nod nys•tag′mic, adj …
29nystagmus — /nɪsˈtægməs/ (say nis tagmuhs) noun an involuntary oscillation of the eyeball, usually lateral but sometimes rotatory or vertical, occurring especially among miners and human albinos and in certain diseases. {New Latin, from Greek nystagmos… …
30nystagmus — n. involuntary lateral movement of the eyeballs. ♦ nystagmic, a …
