Definitions for nystagmus

nystagmus nys·tag·mus

Spelling: [ni-stag-muh s]
IPA: /nɪˈstæg məs/

Nystagmus is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 324 anagrams from letters in nystagmus (agmnsstuy).

Definitions for nystagmus

noun

  1. a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.

Origin of nystagmus

1815-25; New Latin Greek nystagmós nodding, derivative of nystázein to nod

Examples for nystagmus

nystagmus occasionally occurs in monocular fixation (with exclusion of the other eye).

Syringing with hot water causes a nystagmus directed towards the ear syringed; syringing with cold water, away from the ear.

On the right, nystagmus on fixation, fingers are counted at 5-6 feet.

Vertigo and nystagmus may also be present, in addition to occipital headache and tenderness on percussion.

Not to complicate the question, however, I have excluded all cases of nystagmus from the following investigation.

These were nystagmus, paresis of facial muscles, laryngeal spasms, etc.

In Figure L 3a the nystagmus occurs only in males and descends through unaffected females.

There may be nystagmus, and the patient suffers from vertigo, and is unable to co-ordinate his movements.

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