nystagmus en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /nɪˈstæɡ.məs/
- /naɪˈstæɡ.məs/
- (UK) audio
Etymology
First attested in 1798. From New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós, “nodding, drowsiness”), from νυστάζω (nustázō, “nod, be sleepy”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement, usually lateral.
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
1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nystagmuses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Bruns' nystagmus · Bruns nystagmus · nystagmic · nystagmiform · nystagmoid · nystagmography
Synonyms
Translations (11)
bg ниста́гъм (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · fi silmävärve (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · cs nystagmus (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · it nistagmo (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · es nistagmo (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · el νυσταγμός (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · pl oczopląs (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · fr nystagmus (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · ar رَأْرَأَة (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · ru ниста́гм (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement) · fi värve (rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement)